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MEMOIR 

OF 

CHARLES    LATHROP    WINSLOW, 
WHO    WAS    BORN    IN    CEYLON, 

JANUARY  12,  1821, 

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MAY   24,    1832. 


WITH   AN  APPENDIX, 

Containing  brief  Notices  of  his  Grandfather  and  Parents. 


i:The  isles  shall  wait  for  his  lav/." —  Isaiah  xlii  4 


NEW- YORK  : 

PUBLISHED    BY    JOHN    S.    TAYLOR    &    CO. 

At  the  New-York  Sunday  School  and  Juvenile  Book  Depository, 
Brick  Church  Chapel,  145  Nassau  st. 

1844. 


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INTRODUCTION, 


Much  is  said,  and  very  properly,  of  the  im- 
provement, within  a  few  years,  of  books  for  chil- 
dren. It  may  be  doubted  however,  whether  many 
of  the  works  of  fiction,  now  in  their  hands,  do 
not  tend  to  produce  in  them  an  effeminacy  of 
mind  as  unfavorable  to  mental  vigor,  and  a  mor- 
bidness of  sensibility,  as  prejudicial  to  sound 
judgment,  as  the  vain  stories  which  have  been 
displaced.  Such  marvellous  histories  as  Tom 
Thumb,  and  Jack  the  Giant-Killer,  excited  the 
imagination,  and  like  the  Arabian  Nights'  En- 
tertainment for  older  children,  amused  the  fancy, 
without  conveying  any  valuable  instruction ; 
but  they  did  not  blind  the  judgment,  because 
they  could  not  be  soberly  believed.  The  number 
was  also  too  small  to  produce  much  dissipation 

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IV  INTRODUCTION. 

of  mind,  and  there  was  a  corrective  in  the  few- 
sober  books  found  in  their  company,  which  there 
was  time  to  read  again  and  again,  and  on  that 
account,  though  perhaps  with  difficulty,  the  bet- 
ter to  understand,  as  the  stomach  digests  harder 
food  the  more  readily,  when  it  takes  in  but 
little. 

A  taste  for  reading  was  then  less  common  than 
it  is  now,  and  when  formed,  was  often  improper- 
ly directed  ;  but  it  was  more  sound  and  health- 
ful than  that  arising  from  too  highly  stimulating 
works  of  fiction,  which  destroy  the  appetite  for 
solid  reading. 

To  obviate  some  of  the  evils,  and  secure  as 
far  as  may  be,  the  many  benefits  cf  the  more 
enlarged"  libraries  for  children,  it  is  desirable  to 
increase  the  number  of  sketches  from  actual  life, 
that  the  world  may  be  seen  by  them  as  it  is,  and 
religion  as  it  has  existed  in  reality,  and  not  in 
imagination.  Biographies  of  the  j^oung,  are 
therefore  particularly  useful.  When  children  see 
in  those  of  their  own  age,  an  example  of  piety, 
they  are  more  easily  impressed  with  its  beauty, 
and  may  be  excited  to  seek  its  blessings.  As  it 
is  particularly  desirable  to  cherish  in  them  a 
spirit  of  benevolence,  and  to  teach  them  to  send 
their  little  hearts  abroad,  the  memoir  of  one  born 


INTRODUCTION.  V 

in  a  distant  heathen  land,  though  short,  and 
marked  with  but  little  variety,  may  be  found 
interesting  and  useful. 

To  supply  a  little  that  want  of  description  of 
natural  scenery,  desirable  to  give  locality  to  the 
subject  of  the  memoir,  and  which  was  unavoida- 
ble, as  the  compilation  has  been  made  by  one 
not  acquainted  with  the  country,  the  following 
notice  of  the  place  where  he  was  born,  and  spent 
all  his  short  life,  except  the  few  closing  months, 
is  taken  from  a  Journal  of  his  father,  written  in 
1825. 

VIEW  OF  THE  STATION. 

"  In  coming  from  Jaffnapatam  to  Oodooville, 
your  way  lies  principally  through  populous  native 
villages,  which  appear  at  a  distance,  like  a  con- 
tinued forest,  on  account  of  the  large  and  tall 
fruit,  and  other  trees,  beneath  which  the  houses 
are  concealed.  Indeed,  the  road,  much  of  the 
way,  is  shaded  by  the  banyan,  or  the  wide  spread- 
ing and  thickly  leaved  margosa,  which  afford  a 
most  agreeable  protection  from  a  tropical  sun, 
and  look  green  and  fresh,  even  when  the  fields 
around  are  burnt  up  with  heat.  The  continual 
verdure  of  these  and  some  other  trees,  gives  a 
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VI  INTRODUCTION. 

richness  to  the  scenery,  which  compensates,  in 
part,  for  its  monotony.  There  being  neither  hill, 
nor  rivulet,  nor  even  a  solitary  rock,  but  one  un- 
varied surface  of  level  country,  with  a  similar 
variety  of  gardens,  orchards,  dry  grain  lands, 
and  rice  fields,  the  prospect  would  be  tiresome, 
were  it  not  enlivened,  here  and  there,  at  all  times 
with  the  rich  verdure  of  spring.  A  carpet  of  the 
brightest  green  nature  ever  laid,  is  sometimes 
seen  here  in  the  midst  of  what  appears  a  sandy 
waste.  Such  are  the  little  spots  cultivated  du- 
ring the  hot  season,  in  the  midst  of  the  rice 
grounds,  and  watered  from  some  tank  or  well. 
The  road  to  Oodooville  is  good. 

"After  passing  through  the  village  of  Erneville, 
four  and  a  half  miles  from  Jaffna,  you  come  in 
sight  of  the  church  and  house,  about  one  mile 
distant,  at  the  left  hand.  They  are  three 
quarters  of  a  mile  from  the  main  road,  leading 
on  to  Mallagum  and  Tillipally.  The  low  gable 
end  of  the  church,  and  the  front  of  the  house,  on 
a  line  with  it,  both  plastered  and  white-washed 
outside,  make  a  pretty  appearance  from  the  road 
in  passing,  as  the  ground  is  quite  level,  and 
nothing  obstructs  the  view.  In  front  of  the 
house  is  an  open  plain  extending  to  the  east,  as 
far  as  the  eye  can  reach.     A  little  distance  back, 


INTRODUCTION.  Vll 

but  not  in  sight,  are  rice  fields ;  and  on  either 
side,  the  gardens  and  houses  of  Oodooville  vil- 
lage. The  house  and  church,  with  the  ground 
belonging  to  them,  are  enclosed  with  a  neat 
living  hedge,  and  we  enter  through  a  plain, 
barred  gate,  (from  the  road  which  runs  east  and 
west,)  a  walk  running  directly  past  the  front 
door  of  the  church,  to  the  south  ena  of  the  Viran- 
dah  of  the  house,  a  few  feet  beyond  it.  The 
house  is  connected  with  the  church  by  an  arched 
gateway,  through  which  we  go  into  the  back 
part  of  the  garden,  and  with  a  long  low  stone 
building  parallel  with  the  house,  and  about  20 
yards  back,  used  for  a  store-room  and  kitchen. 
On  a  line  with  that,  is  a  mud-walled  bungalow, 
occupied  by  the  Female  School,  which  has  also 
a  school-room  taken  off  from  the  west  end  of  the 
church.  Immediately  back  of  this  room,  is  a 
convenient  bungalow,  with  mud  walls,  but 
white-washed,  occupied  by  the  native  assistant 
at  the  station.  The  breadth  of  the  church  is  27 
feet,  and  the  whole  length  130  feet,  of  which 
only  90  are  now  taken  up  by  the  part  occupied 
for  divine  worship. 

"  The  church,  though  low  and  narrow,  cov- 
ered with  olas,  without  a  ceiling  over  head, 
and   having  only  a  moderate  sized  bell  hung 


Vlll  INTRODUCTION. 

in  a  small  tower  at  the  top  of  the  front  gable  end, 
is  a  very  decent  and  comfortable  place,  for  a 
native  congregation;  and  what  is  better,  it  is 
tolerably  well  filled  on  the  Sabbath.  The  house 
is  covered  with  tiles,  and  like  many  other  houses 
here,  is  not  ceiled  over  head ;  so  that  the  roof, 
from  which  snakes  and  serpents  sometimes  fall, 
is  seen  inside  from  the  floor.  There  are  two 
decent  rooms  in  front,  and  two  narrow  rooms 
back.  None  of  them  are  large,  but  they  are 
comfortable. 

"  There  is  a  pleasant  virandah  in  front,  which 
looks  into  a  garden,  where  are  roses,  Indian 
pinks,  and  various  other  flowers,  most  of  them 
peculiar  to  a  tropical  climate.  There  are,  also, 
in  the  garden,  salads,  as  lettuce,  parsley,  &c, 
and  we  cultivate  cucumbers,  watermelons,  beans, 
arrow-root,  and  some  vegetables  peculiar  to  the 
country.  We  have  plants  of  the  orange,  lime, 
pomplemose,  jack,  mango,  and  some  other  fruit 
trees ;  and  near  the  house  is  a  vine,  which  is 
beginning  to  bear  very  fine  grapes. 

"  The  principal  thing  to  be  seen  in  the  garden, 
however,  which  is  on  three  sides  of  the  house,  is 
the  plantain,  whose  broad  and  fresh  leaf,  shooting 
up,  and  then  bending  over  like  the  leaf  of  a  corn- 
stalk many  times  magnified,  affords  a  most  agree- 


INTRODUCTION.  IX 

able  relief  to  the  eye,  and  a  partial  shade.  By 
giving  out  considerable  quantities  of  moisture, 
it  allays  the  burning  heat  of  the  atmosphere. 
During  the  dry  season,  that  is,  from  the  latter 
part  of  January  to  the  latter  part  of  October, 
when  but  little  rain  falls,  large  quantities  of  water 
are  drawn,  almost  daily,  from  the  wells,  and  con- 
ducted in  little  channels  over  the  garden,  which 
also  tends  to  cool  the  air.  This  watering  is  so 
expensive,  that  the  garden  does  not  pay  for  itself, 
unless  the  comfort,  and  almost  necessity,  of  a 
little  shade  around  one,  be  reckoned  in  the  ac- 
count. 

"  There  are  two  wells  on  the  premises ;  one  an 
old  one,  which  was  filled  up  when  we  came,  and 
another  which  we  have  dug.  The  latter  is  about 
20  feet  deep,  and  30  feet  in  circumference,  and 
sunk  nine  feet  into  the  rock,  which  forms  the 
basis  of  this  District.  It  has  usually  nearly  five 
feet  of  water.  The  water  is  raised  by  a  large 
basket,  attached  by  a  rope  or  pole  to  a  common 
well-sweep,  on  which  a  man,  by  the  help  of  some 
pegs  in  the  sweep,  and  some  tall  saplings  on 
either  side  for  him  to  lay  his  hands  on,  steps 
back  and  forwards  to  bring  his  weight  on  the 
opposite  side  to  the  basket,  when  it  is  full,  and 
on  the  same  side  with  it,  when  empty,  while 


X  INTRODUCTION. 

another,  directing  the  pole,  or  rope,  fills  and 
empties  the  basket.  By  this  simple  contrivance, 
about  six  gallons  of  water  are  raised  at  once,  and 
near  a  barrel  in  a  minute,  when  they  particu- 
larly exert  themselves.  The  whole  body  of 
water  in  the  well  is  easily  drawn  out  by  two 
men,  in  a  forenoon.  This  manner  of  watering 
the  lands,  is  common  throughout  the  District, 
though,  in  most  parts,  the  wells  are  less  deep 
than  they  are  here,  and  there  are  many  tanks 
from  which  the  water  is  more  readily  raised. 
1  And  he  shall  be  like  a  tree  planted  by  the  rivers 
[channels]  of  water.'     Ps.  i.  3  " 

Perhaps  it  may  tend  to  make  this  account  a 
little  more  graphic,  and  to  throw  further  light  on 
some  parts  of  the  Memoir,  to  add  also  the  follow- 
ing notice,  from  the  same  Journal,  of  the  changes 
which  had  then  taken  place  in  Jive  years,  and 
which  since,  by  the  blessing  of  God,  have  been 
still  greater;  as  the  number  of  native  Free 
Schools  has,  as  we  learn,  been  increased  to  twen- 
ty, the  members  of  the  Female  Central  School 
to  fifty,  and  of  members  of  the  native  church  to 
more  than  forty,  in  communion. 

11  July  4,  1825.  —  Five  years  ago  to-day,  in 
connection  with  brother  and  sister  Spaulding, 


INTRODUCTION.  XI 

we  took  up  our  abode  in  this  house,  which  had 
then  neither  floors,  doors,  nor  windows  ;  was  not 
plastered,  and  but  partly  covered.  We  lived,  and 
had  all  our  effects,  in  a  little  unfinished  room 
about  twelve  feet  square,  while  brother  and  sister 
Spaulding  had  one  of  similar  dimensions.  But 
we  were  happy,  because  it  was  our  home  among 
the  heathen ;  nor  has  this  home  become  less  pre- 
cious by  having  been  made  somewhat  more  com- 
fortable, and  by  having  become  more  like  a  mis- 
sionary station.  Then  we  had  no  Boarding 
School ;  only  two  native  Free  Schools;  no  suita- 
ble place  for  preaching  ;  and  none  about  us,  who 
wished  to  hear  preaching.  Only  one  young 
man,  a  native  assistant,  who  is  not  now  here, 
had  any  regard  for  Christianity. 

"  Now,  there  is  a  Female  Boarding  School ; 
there  are  thirteen  native  Free  Schools ;  a  decent 
place  for  public  worship ;  a  respectable  congre- 
gation, and  a  little  church.  The  change  in  the 
moral  aspect  at  the  station  is,  therefore,  a  little 
like  that  in  its  natural  scenery.  When  we  first, 
(four  months  previous  to  taking  up  our  residence 
here,)  visited  the  place,  it  was  "  all  grown  over 
with  briers  and  thorns,"  in  which  the  serpent 
and  scorpion  lay  concealed.  The  old  broken 
down  walls  of  the  church  and  house  were  the 


XII  INTRODUCTION. 

resort  of  owls  and  bats,  and  the  supposed  resi- 
dence of  evil  spirits.  The  natives  around  feared 
to  come  near  the  ruins,  and  the  stranger  quick- 
ened his  step,  and  cast  a  hasty  glance  at  them, 
in  passing  by.  Let  then  the  friends  of  missions, 
and  especially  the  contributors  to  this  mission, 
consider  the  change  which  their  charity  has 
effected.  Let  them  look  at  the  stones  revived 
out  of  the  heaps  of  rubbish ;  at  the  ruins  rebuilt ; 
the  place,  like  the  other  stations  of  the  mission, 
resurted  to  by  multitudes  to  be  benefitted  in  a 
variety  of  ways; — the  sick  for  healing;  the 
poor  for  charity;  the  ignorant,  sometimes,  for 
instruction ;  and  many  for  various  other  purposes, 
which  bring  them,  for  a  short  time  at  least, 
within  the  sound  of  the  gospel. 


MEMOIR,    &c. 


Charles  Lathrop  Winslow  was  the 
son  of  the  Rev.  Miron  WinsloWj  American 
missionary  to  Ceylon,  and  was  born  at  that 
island,  January  12th,  1821.  His  father  was 
the  son  of  Mr.  Nathaniel  Winslow,  of  Salisbu- 
ry, Conn. ;  his  mother,  Mrs.  Harriet  Winslow, 
was  the  daughter  of  Charles  Lathrop,  Esq.,  of 
Norwich,  Conn. 

In  the  appendix,  the  reader  will  find  brief 
notices  of  both  of  these  grandfathers  of  young 
Winslow ;  through  whom  he  could  trace  his 
descent  in  an  unbroken  line  of  pious  ancestry, 
extending  back  to  the  time,  when  the  pilgrim 
fathers  of  New  England  first  landed  at  Ply- 
2 


14  MEMOIR    OF 

mouth.  In  his  history,  therefore,  we  shall 
discover  one  more  proof  of  the  faithfulness  of 
God  to  his  promises.  "  For  his  mercy  is  from 
everlasting-  to  everlasting  unto  those  who  fear 
him,  and  his  righteousness  unto  children's 
children  ;  —  unto  such  as  keep  his  covenant, 
and  remember  his  commandments  to  do 
them." 

His  father  is  already  well  known  to  Ameri- 
can Christians,  as  an  able  and  faithful  mis- 
sionary, whose  labors  at  Oodooville  in  Ceylon, 
have  been  peculiarly  blessed,  and  for  whose 
continued  life  and  usefulness,  the  prayers  of 
the  churches  are  daily  offered.  A  few  notices 
of  his  early  history  and  labors  will  be  found  in 
the  appendix.  There  also  will  be  found  a 
brief  record  of  Mrs.  Winslow,  who,  about  eight 
months  after  the  decease  of  this  her  only  son, 
followed  him  into  eternity. 

By  these  parents,  he  was  given  to  God  in 
baptism,  three  weeks  after  his  birth.  Their 
prayers  attended  his  infancy,  and  their  instruc- 
tions guided  his  first  inquiries  after  knowledge 
and  duty.  To  such  parental  faithfulness,  spe- 
cial blessings  are  promised  by  God.     To  those 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW.  15 

who  now  enjoy,  or  have  enjoyed  the  privileges 
of  such  a  birth-right,  and  such  early  instruc- 
tion in  the  school  of  Christ,  and  such  prayers 
for  their  conversion,  we  would  address  the 
words  of  the  excellent  Doddridge. 

"  You  are  the  seed  of  God's  servants  ;  you 
were  early  devoted  to  God  in  baptism ;  you 
have  a  large  stock  of  prayers  laid  up  in  the 
presence  of  God  for  you.  I  do  really  appre- 
hend, even  the  covenant  of  God  with  believing 
parents  bears  a  favorable  aspect  upon  their 
children  :  and  though  I  dare  not  say,  nor 
think,  that  it  secures  their  salvation,  for  I  fear 
fact  lies  strongly  against  such  a  presumption, 
as  we  are  sure  it  did  even  in  the  children  of 
Abraham ;  yet  there  is  some  peculiar  encour- 
agement for  such  to  seek  the  God  of  their  fa- 
thers. I  believe  the  Spirit  strives  peculiarly 
with  them  ;  and  that  when  they  seek  it,  it  is 
more  immediately  and  more  fully  communica- 
ted to  them  than  generally  to  others.  And 
sure  I  am,  that  those  early  instructions  they 
have  received,  have  often  a  blessed  resurrec- 
tion in  their  hearts,  even  after  they  have  been 
long  forgotten ;  and  the  seed,  which  seemed  to 


16  MEMOIR    OF 

have  perished,  often  brings  forth  fruit  in  abun- 
dance. And,  therefore,  thank  God  and  take 
courage.  In  his  name  and  strength,  set  out 
in  your  heavenly  pilgrimage,  with  the  word  of 
God  in  your  hand  and  heart,  and  with  your 
eyes  to  the  Spirit  of  God,  as  your  guide  and 
strength :  and  be  assured,  there  are  many 
who  will  bid  you  good  speed  in  the  name  of 
the  Lord,  and  will  rejoice  to  assist  you  in  your 
course." 

As  with  the  exception  of  his  voyage  to 
America,  and  the  few  days  spent  here,  the 
whole  life  of  Charles  Winslow  was  spent  at 
Ceylon,  our  knowledge  of  his  character  and 
conduct,  is  chiefly  derived  from  the  letters  of 
his  parents,  written  without  any  view  to  publi- 
cation, and  containing  the  little  details  which 
they  knew  would  interest  their  American  rela- 
tives. "We  shall,  therefore,  transcribe  for  the 
reader  these  various  notices,  as  they  from  time 
time  to  occur,  without  any  attempt  to  alter  the 
affectionate  simplicity  of  the  language,  or  to 
give  any  more  formal  arrangement  to  details  so 
miscellaneous  in  their  character. 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW.  17 

August  19,  1822. 
Charles  learns  fast  to  speak  and  understand 
Tamul  and  some  words  of  English,  and  is 
imitating  almost  everything  he  sees.  For  a 
few  days  past,  we  have  had  a  carpenter  at  work 
about  the  house,  and  Charles  is  frequently  with 
a  piece  of  stick  sawing  a  board  or  hammering 
it.  This  afternoon  he  was  much  delighted 
with  a  small  saw  made  of  iron,  with  which  he 
could  make  some  impression  on  the  boards. 
The  carpenter  has  also  made  him  a  wooden 
hammer.  We  feel  the  want  of  amusements 
for  our  children,  in  this  country,  and  are  very 
glad  to  see  Charles  in  the  way  to  provide  him- 
self with  some  employment.  His  health  was 
never  better.  He  regularly  takes  his  two  or 
three  rice  cakes  for  breakfast,  with  a  little  rice 
and  currey,  and  has  three  put  aside  for  tiffin — 
beside  these,  all  his  food  is  milk  ;  —  meat  and 
bread  he  will  not  willingly  eat,  and  we  don't 
urge  it.  Charles  likes  much  to  go  and  sit 
down  on  the  floor  with  the  girls,  and  eat  some 
of  their  rice  and  currey  with  his  hands,  after  he 
has  knelt  with  them  to  ask  a  blessing." 
*3 


18  MEMOIR    OF 


NARROW  ESCAPE. 


Jan.   11,   1823. 

On  Tuesday  last,  Mr.  Winslow,  Charles, 
Harriet,  and  myself,  commenced  a  ride  for  Har- 
riet's health,  who  had  been  ill  for  some  days. 
The  horse  had  not  been  in  the  gig  for  three 
months,  and  was  in  rather  high  spirits.  We 
were  only  a  few  rods  from  the  house,  when 
he  took  fright,  and,  at  the  same  moment, 
one  of  the  reins  breaking  turned  the  gig 
on  to  the  roots  of  a  large  tree,  and  the  next 
moment,  the  other  rein  breaking  increased 
the  horse's  fright,  and  while  running  the  gig 
turned  over. 

Mr.  Winslow  jumped  out,  as  the  second  line 
broke,  in  the  hope  of  stopping  the  horse,  and 
fell,  so  as  to  get  a  little  bruised.  I  caught 
Charles,  who  was  sitting  on  the  bottom  of  the 
gig,  and  held  him  sometime,  till  he  slipped 
from  my  hand,  and  fell  between  the  wheel  and 
shafts.  Harriet  remained  in  my  other  arm, 
when  we  fell  with  the  gig;  she  received 
no  injury.  I  was  confident  that  I  saw  the 
wheel  go  over  Charles'  body,  and  with  the  be- 


CHARLES    L.  WIKSLOW.  19 

lief  that  he  was  killed,  got  up  myself  without 
being  aware  that  I  was  in  the  least  hurt,  until 
the  dear  boy  was  in  my  arms,  and  I  saw  that 
he  was  alive,  and  not  a  bone  broken.  [Mrs. 
Winslow  got  home  with  some  difficulty,  and 
was  for  a  long  time  confined  to  her  bed.] 


Jan.  24,  1823. 

Charles  learns  to  talk  very  fast,  and  though 
he  understands  a  good  deal  of  English,  he  will 
seldom  speak,  except  in  Tamul.  Should  the 
Lord  change  his  heart,  and  make  him  a 
preacher  of  the  gospel  to  this  people,  it  would 
be  a  great  advantage,  to  him,  to  have  known 
their  language  in  early  life." 

Feb.  21.  "  Charles  every  day  gets  a  kiss  for 
grandma.  For  a  few  days  past,  he  is  very 
often  aside  with  his  book  to  pray  and  read. 
He  goes  to  a  chair,  calls  for  a  psalm  book,  and 
turns  over  the  leaves  till  he  finds  the  place,  and 
then  makes  noise  enough  to  show  that  he  dis- 
tinguishes one  note  from  another.  After  a 
while,  he  closes  his  book,  lays  it  down,  and 
then  kneels  and  covers  his  face,  while  he  moves 
his  lips  in  prayer.     This  being  over,  (and  it  is 


20 


MEMOIR    OF 


sometimes  quite  long)  he  takes  his  book,  sings 
and  prays  again,  often  the  third  time. 

Jan.  20,   1824. 

I  wish  you  could  see  Charles  every  day. 
He  is  constantly  employed.  Sometimes  with 
a  hammer  and  nails  putting  up  boards  for  a 
house  —  sometimes  with  flowers,  with  which 
the  garden  abounds — again,  with  seeds  of 
various  kinds,  "  making  believe  "  boil  rice  and 
currey  in  cocoa-nut  shells  —  digging  in  the 
garden,  planting  seeds  —  watering  his  plants, 
writing  to  grandma,  &c.  (fee. 

H3  and  Harriet,  his  little  sister,  read  togeth- 
er once  a  day  regularly,  and,  when  well,  more 
than  that.  They  are  very  affectionate,  and 
Charles  is  very  watchful  lest  she  should  get  hurt. 
He  was  exceedingly  grieved  yesterday,  when 
she  put  her  hand  on  something  that  he  was 
pounding,  and  he  struck  it,  and  hurt  her  very 
much. 

I  do  not  see  the  tenderness  of  conscience  in 
this  dear  one,  which  I  wish  to  see.  It  is  a 
privilege  to  feel  and  pray  for  him,  and  will  ever 
be  so,  though  he  should  be  cast  off.     But  I 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW.  21 

have  a  strong  hope,  that  the  Lord  will  add  to  his 
mercies,  this  greatest  one  of  our  seeing  him 
walking  in  his  fear.  You  cannot  understand  the 
extent  of  our  reasons  for  wishing  to  have  our 
children  in  America.     But  they  are  powerful. 

April  24,  1824. 

Charles  has  had  a  turn  of  fever  for  several 
days.  He  is  seldom  ill,  and  then  it  is  se- 
verely. 

Charles  came  to  me  the  other  evening,  that 
he  might  write  to  ma's  country,  and  there  was 
no  rest  till  he  had  got  paper  and  pencil,  and 
filled  as  much  paper  as  mother  would  allow 
him  to  write.  He  then  requested  it  might  be 
put  carefully  away,  to  be  sent  in  the  ship  to 
America.  He  often  speaks  of  going  in  a  great 
ship,  to  see  grandpa  and  grandma — and  I 
overheard  him  yesterday  praying  that  pa  and 
ma  might  go  to  America. 

Feb.  8,   1825. 
Our  little  Charles  is  getting  to  be  a  great 
gardener.     He  is  very  active  and  resolute,  but, 
at  the  same  time,  perfectly  obedient. 


22 


MEMOIR    OF 


Near  the  close  of  the  year  1825,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  W.  took  a  voyage  to  Calcutta,  on  account 
of  the  severe  illness  of  the  former.  Little 
Charles  went  with  them,  while  his  sister  Har- 
riet stayed  behind,  under  the  kind  care  of  Mrs. 
Spaulding.  While  these  parents  were  thus 
absent,  their  darling  daughter,  and  Jane 
Spaulding,  the  oldest  child  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
S.j  were  removed  by  death  of  Cholera,  within 
a  few  hours  of  each  other. 


March  22,   1826. 

Charles  has  talked  much  about  death,  since 
his  sister  died.  He  tries  to  understand  how 
the  soul  would  like  to  go  to  God. 

We  are  now  at  sea,  on  our  way  home.  He 
is  well  and  very  active  —  climbing  the  ropes 
— jumping  up  the  ship's  sides —  making  in- 
struments to  take  an  observation  of  the  sun 
to  know  our  latitude,  and  all  the  "et  csetera"  of 
overflowing  boyish  spirits.  He  seems  now  to 
take  to  his  book  a  little  more  than  he  has  done. 
Since  we  left  home  he  has  been  much  of  the 
time  neglected  ;  and  has  made  but  little  pro- 
gress in  reading.  Charles  could  not  love  any 
one  more  than  he  did  Harriet.     I  never  saw 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW.  23 

brother  and  sister  whose  pleasures  and  pains  were 
so  much  one;  and  next  to  her  he  loved  Jane. 

The  news  of  their  death  had  a  singular  ef- 
fect. He  looked  steadily  at  his  father's  face 
when  he  told  him,  and  though  he  saw  us  both 
weeping,  betrayed  no  emotion,  but  seemed  to 
make  an  effort,  and  turned  away  to  seek  the 
children  of  the  family  for  play. 

When  we  afterwards  spoke  of  them  to  him, 
he  listened  rather  reluctantly,  but  said  nothing, 
and  though  before,  he  would  speak  of  them 
twenty  times  in  a  day,  always  planning  to  tell 
them  of  what  he  saw  and  heard,  and  getting 
something  to  carry  to  them.  He  now  never 
mentioned  their  names.  After  about  ten  days 
he  was  one  evening  amusing  himself  by  my 
side,  unusually  affectionate  and  free,  and  looking 
up  suddenly,  said,  "  For  many  days  I  did  n't  like 
to  talk  about  Harriet  and  Jane  —  when  mam- 
ma talked  about  them,  I  did  not  like  it.  I  wish 
she  would  n't  talk  so."  "  And  can  you  now  talk 
about  them  ?  "  "  Yes,  now  I  will."  He  then 
made  many  inquiries  about  how  long  they  were 
sick  —  if  they  had  much  pain.  &c,  and  was 
quite  affected,  when  I  told  him  that  his  sister 
called  Charles  twice,  a  few  minutes  before  she 


24  MEMOIR    OF 

died.  He  has  since  spoken  of  them  often,  and  is 
anxious  to  know  what  Harriet  wanted,  when  she 
called  him.  After  thinking,  one  day,  he  said, 
"  I  think  I  know ;  I  think  she  wTanted  to  tell  me 
to  be  a  good  boy,  and  pray,  and  love  God."  He 
sometimes  says  to  himself,  w  dear  Harriet 's 
dead,"  "  poor  Harriet 's  dead ;  "  and  he  says, 
"  do  n't  mamma  know  how  many  times  she 
said,  i  I  want  to  die  —  I  want  to  die  and  go  to 
God,'  —  now  I  think  Harriet  is  in  heaven." 


March  16,  1827. 
I  had  this  evening,  an  interesting  conversa- 
tion with  Charles.  It  seemed  a  new  thought 
to  him,  that  those  who  go  to  hell,  have  never 
after  an  opportunity  to  repent,  and  it  was  diffi- 
cult to  convince  him  that  they  cannot  put  an 
end  to  their  sufferings  by  killing  themselves ; 
he  said,  "  but  if  Jesus  should  come  to  them 
and  call  them,  would  they  not  love  him  and 
go  to  him." 

May,  1326. 
Dear  little  Harriet  lies  beside  our  little  babe 
in  the  corner  of  our  front  and  east  garden, 
where,  God  willing,  our  bodies  will  rest.     Our 


CHARLES    L.  W1NSL0W.  25 

dear  Charles  often  goes  there,  and  he  said,  last 
evening,  "  Why,  mamma,  do  you  not  go  and 
see  where  dear  little  Harriet  lies  ?  She  is  very 
near  the  little  baby,  side  by  side."  He  appeared 
to  try  to  forget  her,  and  avoid  speaking  of  her 
death  when  we  were  away,  and  would  gener- 
ally comfort  himself,  if  for  a  moment  recollect- 
ing his  loss,  in  the  expectation  of  finding  Jo- 
anna well,  and  much  improved,  so  that  she 
could  play  with  him  ;  but  since  we  came  to 
Oodooville,  he  has  mourned  much  that  he  could 
notsee  her.  He  says,  "Oh,  mamma,  if  Godhad 
let  dear  little  Harriet  live,  till  we  came  home, 
how  glad  I  should  be.  I  want  to  go  to  heav- 
en, then  I  can  see  her."  He  has  prayed  that 
God  would  let  him  die  soon,  so  that  he  could 
see  Harriet. 

Charles  enjoys  Joanna  very  much.  Dear 
fellow  —  I  wish  I  were  not  so  anxious  about 
him,  and  would  be  thankful,  that  I  can  cast 
him  on  the  Lord  with  more  quietness  than  I 
once  did.  He  has,  however,  so  much  about 
him  that  says,  I  will  be  something  or  nothing, 
that  I  often  tremble,  and  often  know  not  my 
duty  toward  him.  He  is  very  observing,  and 
3 


26  MEMOIR    OF 

inquisitive  —  thinks  and  speaks  for  himself. 
I  see  dangers  encircle  him  so  that  it  almost 
seems  as  though  he  cannot  escape. 


Nov.  1826. 
We  spent  last  evening  in  Manepy,  and  had 
a  precious  time,  quite  like  what  we  had  in  revi- 
vals. We  are  hoping  for  times  of  refreshing 
from  the  presence  of  the  Lord,  before  the  close 
of  the  year.  After  meeting,  I  had  an  alarm, 
which  will  show  you  how  much  we  are  in 
danger  and  death,  and  how  kindly  preserved 
from  harm.  After  the  last  singing,  when  we 
had  all  stood  around  the  table,  turning  myself 
to  sit  down  in  the  chair  behind  me,  my  eyes 
fell  on  a  very  poisonous  snake  at  my  feet.  It 
moved  slowly  from  me  towards  Charles,  who 
lay  on  the  floor  asleep,  about  a  yard  distant ! 
J  had  often  thought  of  the  possibility  of  seeing 
a  snake  beside  the  children  in  bed,  and  know- 
ing that  if  I  did  anything  to  disturb  it  in  the 
least,  it  would  without  doubt  bite  the  child,  I 
stood  and  saw  it  approach,  saw  it  go  under  his 
pillow,  come  back,  and  then  go  over  his  face, 
with  emotions  which  cannot  be  expressed.  The 
agony  of  suspense  I  was  in,  as  it  crawled  about 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW. 


27 


him,  fearing  lest  he  should  move  a  little,  and 
the  almost  certainty  that  if  he  did  we  should 
lose  him  by  a  horrid  death,  and  then  the  joy 
of  seeing  the  creature  fairly  away  from  him, 
was  quite  too  much  for  me. 

Nov.  28,  1826. 
Charles  is  still  very  tender,  in  everything 
that  was  connected  with  Harriet.  You  would 
have  been  interested  and  affected  yesterday. 
After  the  meeting  together  by  ourselves,  we 
called  in  the  children,  Charles,  E.  and  J.; 
said  a  few  words  about  Jane  and  Harriet, 
and,  after  a  prayer,  proposed  to  them  each  to 
repeat  a  verse  of  a  hymn,  before  a  second 
prayer.  They  stood  up  together,  and  Charles, 
without  our  mentioning  any  particular  one,  be- 
gan, "  Tell  me,  mamma,  if  I  must  die."  He  fal- 
tered and  stopped,  and  was  a  good  deal  affect- 
ed, for  some  time.  It  was  a  favorite  hymn  of 
Harriet's.  Everything  which  he  recognizes 
as  once  belonging  to  her,  seems  almost  sacred, 
and  cannot  be  taken  too  great  care  of. 

Oct.  26,   1827. 
It  would,  I  know,  gratify  our  dear  parents 
to  have  heard  Charles'  conversation  with  me 


28  MEMOIR    OF 

this  evening.  We  have  prayers  in  Tamul 
after  early  tea  ;  after  that,  Mr.  W.  goes  to  his 
room,  and  Charles  remains  with  me  till  his 
bed-time,  half  past  eight.  He  spends  this  time 
in  reading,  that  being  the  condition  on  which 
he  sits  up  so  long.  It  is  a  favorable  opportuni- 
ty, for  me  to  explain  to  him  what  he  does  not 
understand  in  his  reading,  and  in  various  ways 
to  make  the  task  a  pleasant  one.  He  general- 
ly chooses  reading  of  a  religious  kind.  Indeed 
I  am  surprised  to  see  with  what  avidity  he 
seizes  on  many  historical  parts  in  the  Old  and 
New  Testament  —  makes  his  reflections  on 
them,  &c.  &c.  Long  before  he  could  read 
himself,  I  commenced  reading  the  Old  Testa- 
ment to  him,  omitting  some  portions,  simplify- 
ing and  explaining  the  history  so  that  he  could 
understand  it.  His  first  reading  for  himself 
was  to  go  on  with  what  I  had  begun,  in  which 
I  gave  him  such  assistance  as  he  seemed  to 
require.  This  is  his  most  pleasant  study,  and 
he  has  many  parts  of  Scripture  history  more  at 
his  command,  after  once  reading,  than  his 
mother  has,  after  having  gone  over  the  same 
many  times.  The  dear  boy  remembers  facts 
well,  and  anything  that  has  been  once  clearly 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW.  29 

impressed  upon  his  mind,  I  never  knew  him 
to  forget.  I  think  he  has,  in  conversation  with 
me  this  evening,  quoted  more  than  a  dozen 
passages  of  Scripture,  which  he  cannot  have 
read  more  than  once  ;  but  they  carried  a  dis- 
tinct thought  to  his  mind,  and  are  therefore 
fixed  there. 

June,  1828. 
Perhaps  I  cannot  tell  you  of  anything  which 
will  interest  you  more  than  some  account  of 
Charles.  He  often  reminds  me  of  you  —  not 
in  his  appearance  only,  but  in  some  of  his 
actions  ;  among  others,  he  sleeps  as  soundly  as 
you  used  to  do,  and  eats  as  heartily.  In  his 
studies,  he  is  of  course  backward,  having  no  ad- 
vantage of  a  school,  and  being  instructed  almost 
wholly  by  his  mother,  who  has  so  much  of  other 
things  to  do,  as  often  to  neglect  him.  In 
Arithmetic  he  is  now  the  second  time  in  the 
"rale  of  three,"  —  has  just  got  through  Cum- 
ming's  Geography  —  about  half  the  English 
Grammar,  and  a  little  in  the  Latin  —  finds  it 
hard  to  spell,  as  he  has  not  the  stimulus  of  a 
class,  but  does  pretty  well  —  has  written  one 
*3 


30  MEMOIR    OF 

t  letter  to  his  papa,  but  we  have  not  thought 
it  best  to  hurry  him  in  writing.  He  does  not 
„  love  to  commit  hymns,  and  has  never  learnt 
more  than  between  30  and  40.  Catechism, 
a  small  one,  partly  Emerson's  and  partly 
his  mother's  —  the  Scripture  Catechism  as 
far  as  he  has  read  in  the  Bible,  which  is 
now  nearly  the  whole,  and  a  part  of  the  Assem- 
bly's Catechism.  He  has  gone  nearly  through 
the  historical  parts  of  the  Old  and  New  Tes- 
tament, with  considerable  understanding  of 
what  he  reads,  as  I  have  generally  been  with 
him,  and  assisted  to  explain,  &c.  He  has 
lately  been  reading  "  Scenes  in  America ;"  is 
much  amused  with  the  pictures  of  scenes  and 
practices  there,  and  wants  to  know  if  the  peo- 
ple he  shall  see,  look  and  do  so.  He  is  inter- 
ested in  Biography,  and  many  other  little  books 
written  for  children,  but  nothing  has  engaged 
his  attention  so  much  as  Scripture  history.  I 
am  sorry  to  say,  he  does  not  love  to  pray,  or 
to  think  of  his  accountability  to  God.  I  fear 
he  will  have  much  trouble  with  his  heart,  be- 
fore it  submits  to  Jesus,  and  I  beg  your  prayers 
for  him,  especially  that  it  may  be  the  will  of 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW.  31 

God  early  to  make  him  a  subject  of  renewing 
grace. 

Nov.  1828. 

Charles  last  night  prayed  that  the  Holy 
Spirit  would  come  down  as  the  rain,  and  water 
all  this  dry  country,  and  keep  it  wet,  and  not 
let  it  get  dry  and  hard  any  more,  that  the 
people  may  be  always  ready  to  receive  the  seed 
of  God's  word.  Dear  child,  he  prays  sometimes 
as  though  his  heart  ascended  with  his  words, 
and  reads  his  Bible  as  though  he  had  delight 
in  the  sentiment  and  language.  But  I  have 
no  reason  to  think  that  he  is  born  again. 

We  add  two  specimens  of  his  letters  at  this 
age.  

Oodooville. 
My  Dear  Grandpapa, 

I  have  written  to  grand  mamma  Lathrop, 
and  I  think  that  my  next  letter  must  be  to 
you.  I  am  a  little  boy,  but  1  have  heard  of 
grandpapa  Winslow,  and  I  wish  to  come  to 
America  and  see  you.  I  had  a  little  brother 
named  after  George,  and  he  was  a  sweet  little 
boy,   and  loved  me,  and  I  loved  him  very 


32  MEMOIR    OF 

much,  but  he  died,  and  now  I  have  one  sister. 
Papa  and  mamma  say,  that  if  I  am  a  good 
boy,  perhaps  I  may  come  to  America,  when  I 
am  10  years  old.  I  hope  I  shall  see  you  and 
grandmamma,  and  all  my  friends,  when  I 
come.  I  am  learning  Arithmetic,  Geography, 
Latin,  writing  and  spelling.  I  suppose  I  do 
not  learn  so  fast  as  boys  in  America  do,  but  I 
hope  I  shall,  when  I  come  there.  Joanna  is 
not  old  enough  to  write  you  now. 

Mamma  says  she  looks  like  aunt  Morton. 

Please  to  give  my  love  to  grandmamma, 
and  to  all  my  uncles,  aunts  and  cousins. 
I  am 

your  affectionate  grandson, 
Charles  L.  Winslow. 


Jan.   1830. 
My  Dear  Grandpapa, 

I   have  written   to  grandmamma  but  she 

has  not  answered  me,  and  1  write  to  you ;  I 

think  that  I  cannot  find  anything  interesting, 

but  I  will  tell  you  that  a  week  ago,  we  went 

to  Tillipally,  and  went  to  the  sea  north  of  T. 

and  got  a  large  basket  full  of  shells,  and  went 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW.  33 

into  the  water  the  first  day.  but  did  not  have 
so  fine  a  time  as  we  had  the  next  day,  for 
then  I  swam  a  little.  I  think  that  I  will 
come  to  America.  Joanna  is  sitting  by  mam- 
ma's side,  and  sewing,  and  ma  is  praising  her, 
and  we  are  expecting  every  moment  aunt 
Spaulding  and  E.  and  then  we  shall  leave 
our  work  and  run.  We  are  expecting  things 
from  America,  and  shall  be  very  glad  of  the 
book  which  grandmamma  has  sent.  The  les- 
sons that  I  get  are,  —  a  Scripture  lesson  before 
breakfast ;  and  after  breakfast,  the  first  lesson  is 
Latin,  the  second  is  Tamul,  the  third  is 
Airthmetic,  the  fourth  is  Writing,  the  fifth 
is  Geography,  and  the  sixth  is  spelling ;  and 
after  dinner,  the  first  lesson  is  History,  and 
then  my  Journal. 

Your  affectionate  grandson, 
Charles  L.  Winslow. 

Nov.  1829. 

Our  dear  Charles  has  had  two  seasons  of 

unusual   seriousness   within   the   last  month. 

They  have  not  left  him  as  thoughtless  as  he 

was  before,  nor  have  they  been  abiding  as  we 


34  MEMOIR    OF 

could  wish.  It  is,  however,  a  matter  of  thank- 
fulness that  he  is  not  without  some  strivings  of 
the  Spirit. 

Feb.   1830. 
Charles  has  been  more  than  usually  affect- 
ed of  late,  at  the   thought   that  the  children 
of  the  heathen  are  converted,  while  he  is  not. 
He  has  been  more  serious  at  times. 


April,  1830. 

Charles  has  had  an  attack  of  fever,  and 
been  quite  ill  for  a  day  or  two,  but  powerful 
medicines  seem  to  have  removed  the  danger 
which  we  apprehended,  and  he  is  now  sit- 
ting up.  He  is  seldom  ill,  but  then  very 
severely,  so  that  we  always  feel  anxious  at 
once.  This  morning,  as  he  was  better,  I 
told  him  I  hoped  he  was  thankful,  and  that 
he  might  get  along,  but  perhaps  God  might 
see  fit  to  send  more  sickness  upon  him,  to 
make  him  think  more  of  death,  and  be  pre- 
pared for  it.  He  burst  into  tears,  and  said, 
11  Mamma,  I  am  not  afraid  to  die.  I  know  very 
well,  that  God  has  not  given  me  up." 

Charles  has  been  unusually  affected  by  the 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW. 


meeting  this  afternoon,  but  he  says,  "  These 
feelings  go  off  so  soon,  that  is  the  difficulty, 
mamma." 


Oct,  1830. 
Charles  told  Mr.  W.,  that  he  had  a  hope 
that  he  was  a  Christian.  He  is  altered  very 
much  of  late,  in  willingness  to  attend  meet- 
ings—  in  his  manner  of  praying,  and  tender- 
ness of  conscience.  He  often  weeps  when 
Christians  weep,  and  talks  as  they  talk  —  but 
I  fear  he  knows  nothing  of  the  evils  of  his 
heart. 


Nov.  20,  1830. 
G.  (a  native,)  had  spent  the  day  at  B.  and 
told  what  he  had  seen  among  his  old  compan- 
ions and  friends  in  the  seminary  ;  —  how  some 
who  had  been  possessed  with  evil  spirits,  were 
now  sitting  clothed  in  their  right  mind.  Some, 
he  said,  who  had  been  exceedingly  opposed  to 
the  truth,  had  held  meetings  to  ridicule  the 
Bible  and  those  who  loved  it,  and  had  commit- 
ted sins  too  bad  to  be  mentioned,  are  now  with 
many  tears  crying  to  God  for  mercy.     No  one 


36  MEMOIR    OF 

who  has  not  been  with  them  as  he  has,  and 
known  them  thoroughly  as  I  have,  can  con- 
ceive the  alteration.  He  had  also  been  near, 
so  as  to  know  what  was  going  on  in  the  meet- 
ing of  the  children,  heard  their  groans  and 
sobs  and  prayers,  and  seemed  much  affected, 
and  turning  to  Charles  addressed  him  with 
much  feeling,  and  I  hope  with  effect.  Poor 
Charles  thought  it  new  times  to  be  exhorted  by 
a  native,  and  was  quite  overcome. 


Oodooville,  Dec.  25,   1830. 
My  Dear  Grandpapa  Winslow, 

When  grandmamma  Lathrop  asked  me  how 
I  felt,  I  told  her  that  first  I  hoped  that  I  had 
given  myself  to  Christ,  but  that  I  had  a  little 
doubt  then  ;  but  now  I  feel  that  I  have  truly 
given  myself  to  Christ. 

On  the  21st  of  Dec.  mamma  invited  the 
children  of  the  missionaries  who  wished  to 
spend  a  day  in  seeking  earnestly  the  salva- 
tion of  their  souls,  to  come  to  Oodooville,  and 
four  came  ;  the  others  were  sick.  One  had  a 
fever,  and  the  others  a  bad  cold  ;  but  we  had 
a  very  good,  and  a  very  pleasant  time.  There 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW.  37 

has  been  a  revival,  as  we  hope,  and  many  are 
inquiring,  "  What  shall  we  do  to  be  saved  ?  " 
and  we  hope  that  some  have  given  themselves 
to  Christ ;  and  all  the  oldest  children  of  the  mis- 
sionaries are  feeling  a  good  deal.  We  hope 
that  two  have  given  themselves  to  Christ. 

Jan.  5.  I  have  another  sister.  I  hope 
that  God  will  keep  you  all  till  I  come.  Papa 
says  that  my  sister  has  no  name,  and  asks  if 
you  have  a  name  to  spare. 

Your  affectionate  grandson, 
Charles  L.   Winslow. 

Mr.  Nath'l  Winslow. 

[Published  in  the  Conn.  Sabbath  School  Herald.'] 


Charles'  parents  now  resolved  to  send  him 
to  America  for  his  education,  for  reasons  which, 
as  they  were  situated  will  commend  them- 
selves to  every  parent's  heart.  The  following 
extract  will  show  how  painful  the  parting  was, 
to  his  affectionate  parents  and  to  himself. 

Oct.   1831. 
Dear  Charles  feels  as  though  his  time  to  be 
with  us  is  short.     Tonight  after  he  had  said 
4 


38  MEMOIR    OF 

"  good  night,"  with  a  kiss  (as  he  usually  does)  he 
threw  himself  down,  saying,  "  Oh,  these  good- 
nights,  where  will  they  be  on  board  ship?" 
He  told  Mr.  Spaulding,  uIdo  very  well  through 
the  day,  but  when  night  comes,  I  think  of 
mamma."  Charles'  disposition  is  such,  that  we 
have  never  dared  to  place  him  under  a  native 
teacher,  except  to  learn  Tamul,  an  hour  or  so 
in  the  day,  so  that  he  has  always  been  more 
or  less  hindered  by  the  many  cares  and  em- 
ployments of  his  father  and  mother,  and  his 
progress  in  study  has  not  corresponded  with 
his  ability.  The  dear  child  is  pleased  with 
the  prospect  of  going  to  America,  as  he  has 
always  been,  but  he  says,  "  Mamma,  when  we 
only  talked  about  it,  it  was  not  quite  certain, 
but  now,  since  it  is  certain,  I  feel  differently." 
Mother  can  say  the  same.  I  have  no  misgiv- 
ings of  judgment,  but  my  feelings  as  a  mother 
none  can  know.  It  is  unnatural  for  parents 
to  send  a  child  of  his  age  from  them  with 
little  expectation  of  seeing  him  again ;  and 
it  was  perhaps  unnatural  for  us  to  leave 
our  parents,  but  I  have  no  more  doubt  of  my 
duty  in  this  case,  than  I  had  in  that ;  —  and  I 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW. 


39 


think  I  give  stronger  proof  of  love  to  my  child 
by  this  act,  than  I  could  possibly  do  by  detain- 
ing him  here. 

The  time  now  came,  for  Charles'  departure 
from  Ceylon  for  America.  And  this  seems 
the  proper  place  for  the  following  interesting 
sketch  of  his  early  life,  and  Christian  conduct, 
written  by  his  afflicted  mother,  shortly  after 
receiving  the  tidings  of  his  death,  and  only  a 
few  weeks  before  her  own. 


Oodooville,  Jaffna,  Nov.  23,  1832. 
Dear  Sister  F. — 

We  have  just  heard  that  the  "  Star  "  will 
come  to  Madras  next  month,  and  on  account 
of  an  opportunity  to  send  to  you,  and  as,  just  at 
this  time,  I  feel  that  what  I  do  must  be  done 
quickly,  I  commence  a  sheet  to  yourself  and 
brother  H.,  the  first  object  of  which  shall  be 
to  notice  your  request,  to  give  you  some  inter- 
esting facts  of  our  dear  lamented  Charles. 

Had  I  anticipated  the  event  which  has  so  af- 
flicted us,  I  could  have  treasured  on  paper  as 
well  as  in  memory,  many  things  which  to  you 


40  MEMOIR    OF 

and  to  us  would  be  interesting,  especially  such 
as  occurred  in  some  of  the  last  months  and 
weeks  he  spent  at  home.  As  it  is,  my 
memory  would  do  him  less  justice  than  my 
heart.  My  letters  to  Mamma  have  from  time  to 
time  contained  anecdotes  of  him  to  which  T 
cannot  add  much  from  recollection,  or  from 
memorandums  by  me.  I  have,  I  think,  often 
alluded  to  his  strong  attachment  to  his  parents 
and  sisters,  of  which  you  had  some  proof  in  his 
tender  recollection  of  them  after  his  arrival  in 
America,  and  in  his  sea-journal.  I  think  that 
a  desire  to  please  his  parents  and  add  to  their 
comfort,  more  powerfully  influenced  him  to 
duty,  than  any  other  motive.  One  proof  of 
this  is  his  writing  daily  in  his  journal,  as  writ- 
ing was  particularly  irksome  to  him. 

He  seemed  often  to  have  no  care  of  his  own 
convenience  and  comfort,  when  it  came  in  com- 
petition with  ours. 

He  often  refused  food  at  the  table  that  he 
thought  I  should  like,  however  much  he  loved 
it,  until  he  saw  that  I  did  not  wish  for  it,  and 
would  often  urge  me  to  take  what  I  declined, 
thinking  that  I  denied  myself  for  him,  saying, 


CHAFLES    L.  WINSI^OW.  41 

"  Do,  mamma,  I  do  not  want  it ; "  and  if 
sometimes  I  complied  with  bis  wish,  he  would 
seem  quite  happy. 

When  he  had  done  wrong,  nothing  would  so 
soon  fill  his  eyes  with  tears  as  to  see  us  grieve. 
Our  sorrows  touched  his  heart  as  though  they 
were  his  own,  and  when  he  had  occasioned 
them,  it  was  to  him  doubly  trying. 

During  the  last  weeks  of  his  stay  with  us, 
when  the  time  for  leaving  was  fixed,  in  all 
his  prayers  with  me,  which  were  very  fre- 
quent, his  burden  seemed  to  be  that  the 
Lord  would  comfort  his  dear  parents  when  he 
wras  gone,  and  not  let  them  be  too  sorry.  He 
prayed  in  this  wTay  much  more  for  us  than  for 
himself;  and  I  believe  the  fear  that  wre  should 
suffer  from  his  absence  was  more  trying  than 
anything  he  anticipated  for  himself;  as  he  very 
properly  said,  "I  shall  see  many  newT  things, 
and  my  mind  will  be  diverted,  but  you,  mamma, 
will  be  always  in  the  same  place.- J 

On  his  journey  to  Madras  and  during  his 

stay  there,   which   occupied  little   more  than 

three  weeks,  he  wrote  me  ten  notes  and  letters. 

In  one  of  them  he  says,  "  I  wish  much  to  know 

*4 


42  MEMOIR    OF 

how  you  feel,  if  you  feel  lonely  in  the  evening, 
and  how  dear  Joanna  feels,  and  papa,"  &c.  &c. 
To  his  sister  Joanna,  "  You  must  be  a  good  girl, 
and  obey  papa  and  mamma,  and  be  kind  to 
your  little  sister.  Try  to  supply  my  place  and 
yours  as  well  as  you  can." 

His  affection  for  his  sisters  and  care  of  them 
was  very  noticeable,  by  all  who  visited  us  ;  and 
he  did  not  regard  it,  when  by  way  of  ridicule 
he  was  sometimes  called  the  little  nurse. 
Their  attachment  to  him  was  sufficient  evi- 
dence of  all  this,  for  he  was  the  moving  spring 
of  all  their  joys,  when  play  hours  allowed  him 
to  be  with  them ;  and  you  will  not  wonder  that  I 
had  much  pleasure  in  the  anticipation  of  this 
attachment  continuing  when  they  should  be 
removed  from  us  to  the  land  of  our  birth  :  and 
his  judgment  and  discretion  on  common  sub- 
jects such  as  their  behavior,  dress,  food,  &c, 
led  us  to  hope  that  he  would  be  very  useful  to 
them  there. 

His  purity  of  mind  was  such  as,  in  this  pol- 
luted atmosphere,  we  could  not  too  much  prize. 
As  is  common  and  unavoidable  here  with  chil- 
dren, however  well  they  may  be  guarded,  he 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW.  43 

often  heard  language  from  the  natives  to 
which  decent  people  of  youthful  or  mature  age 
in  America  are  entire  strangers,  but  I  never 
knew  or  heard  of  his  using  either  profane  or 
filthy  language.  It  was  said  by  one  of  his 
favorite  playmates,  "  Mamma,  Charles  W. 
loves  to  play  as  well  as  we  do,  but  he  never 
uses  bad  words;  —  though  other  children  do  so, 
I  never  heard  himP  This  I  attributed,  in  the 
first  place,  to  his  knowing  that  all  such  words 
and  thoughts  are  sinful ;  and  in  the  second 
place  to  his  feeling  that  they  are  too  mean  and 
low  to  be  practiced  by  one  who  wishes  to  do 
right. 

With  the  domestics  he  was  a  universal 
favorite.  The  old  woman  especially  who  was 
his  nurse  feels  as  though  she  had  lost  the  best 
friend  she  had  on  earth  —  many  prayers  did 
he  early  and  late  offer  for  her,  and  would  make 
sacrifices  for  her  comfort. 

He  was  very  considerate  of  her  infirmities 
and  wants,  and  often  through  his  intercession 
obtained  favors  for  her  which  she  would  not 
otherwise  have  obtained.  He  would  remem- 
ber to  see  if  there  was  a  cup  of  tea  or  coffee 


44  MEMOIR    OF 

left  after  supper,  and  give  it  her  with  his  own 
hand ;  if  she  was  ill  he  would  ask  if  she  wanted 
this  or  that,  and  was  generally  ready  to  share 
his  fruit  and  many  other  things  with  her  if  he 
saw  that  she  was  not  otherwise  likely  to  have 
any.  Towards  the  other  domestics  he  was  a 
medium  of  receiving  favors ;  they  generally 
applying  to  him  to  ask  for  them,  and  he 
almost  always  thought  they  particularly  need- 
ed what  they  asked  for,  and  ought  to  be  grat- 
ified. 

He  was  obedient  —  never  that  I  recollect 
wilfully  disobeying  his  parents,  and  his  word  was 
seldom  if  ever  doubted.  He  was  much  impress- 
ed with  the  words,  "  The  eye  that  mocketh  at 
his  father,  and  despiseth  to  obey  his  mother,  the 
ravens  of  the  valley  shall  pluck  it  out,  and 
the  young  eagles  shall  eat  it,"  and  he  me- 
ditated on  them  with  a  kind  of  horror.  He 
knew  that  "  liars  shall  have  their  part  in  the 
lake  which  burneth  with  fire  and  brimstone." 
He  saw  many  evils  from  lying  in  the  peo- 
ple around  him,  and  he  also  often  thought  of  a 
maxim  descended  to  him  from  his  grandmother, 
"Never  to  do  what  you  would  be  ashamed  to  be 


CHARLES    L.    WINSLOW.  45 

seen  doing."  It  was,  therefore,  when  under  the 
influence  of  these  thoughts  and  feelings,  less  dif- 
ficult for  him  to  refrain  from  speaking  falsely, 
than  is  the  case  with  some  children.  The  poor 
beggars  were  objects  of  his  great  compassion. 
For  two  years  or  more  he  was  in  the  constant 
habit  of  accompanying  me  to  give  them  rice 
&c,  and  to  spend  some  time  in  giving  them  reli- 
gious instruction.  He  often  exhorted  them  to 
repent,  &c.  They  were  much  affected  on  hear- 
ing of  his  death,  and  some  of  them  made  so  much 
ado  that  I  was  obliged  to  forbid  their  coming 
to  me,  as  I  was  not  able  to  see  and  hear  their 
expressions  of  grief.  Indeed  he  seemed  par- 
ticularly desirous  for  some  time  to  be  useful  to 
theheathen,  and  often  admonished  such  as  came 
to  the  house.  One  old  woman  (the  mother 
of  a  schoolmaster)  since  his  death  has  reminded 
me  of  a  number  of  instances  when,  said  she, 
"  I  stood  by  that  door,  or  sat  on  the  mat  there, 
and  he  said,  ;you  must  repent  now,  you  are  an 
old  woman  and  will  die  soon,  you  must  think 
of  what  Jesus  Christ  has  said  and  done  for  you, 
and  love  him.' "  The  girls  in  the  school  also  were 
often  admonished,  and  exhorted  by  him  ;  — one 


46  MEMOIR    OF 

evening  in  particular  they  will  never  forget.  It 
was  during  the  last  revival,  when  he  was  more 
serious  than  ever  before,  and  himself  thought 
he  had  accepted  the  terms  of  salvation.  We 
were  absent.  He,  after  seeing  the  little  ones 
asleep,  proposed  to  have  a  meeting  with  the 
girls  as  mamma  does ;  it  being  the  evening  I 
usually  held  a  meeting  with  them,  and  he  was 
generally  present.  He  prayed  and  exhorted 
them,  as  they  afterwards  said,  with  earnestness 
and  feeling  such  as  they  almost  never  witness- 
ed. It  was  somewhat  characteristic  of  him 
that  he  said  nothing  of  it  to  us  after  our  return, 
and  we  should  not  have  known  it  but  from 
others. 

He  had,  at  quite  an  early  age,  a  good 
knowledge  of  Scripture  history.  Long  before 
he  could  read  himself,  I  commenced  reading 
to  him  the  Old  Testament,  omitting  some 
portions,  and  explaining  or  simplifying  the  his- 
tory so  that  he  could  understand  it.  His  first 
reading  for  himself  was  to  go  on  with  what  I 
had  besfun  in  connection  with  studvino'  Emer-* 
son's  Scripture  catechism. — which  indeed  was 
scarcely  a  study,  as  he  had  the  facts  in  his 


CHARLES    L.   WINSLOVV.  47 

mind  from  his  reading, — and  proceeding  no  fur- 
ther in  it  than  he  had  read  in  the  Scriptures. 
The  Bible  was  in  this  way  his  most  pleasant 
reading  book,  and  he  had  the  principal  histori- 
cal facts  in  the  Old  and  New  Testament 
treasured  up  in  his  mind,  when  he  had  read 
but  little  else  —  and  any  text  of  scripture  that, 
in  reading  or  otherwise,  had  conveyed  a  distinct 
thought  to  his  mind,  (and  there  were  many 
such)  was  never  forgotten,  but  often  referred  to 
and  quoted  in  conversation.  Indeed  I  never 
knew  him  to  forget  anything  that  he  had  once 
distinctly  understood,  and  committing  to  me- 
mory what  he  did  not  understand  was  so  much 
of  a  task  that  it  was  perhaps  too  seldom  forced 
upon  him.  Hence  his  deficiency  in  the  rules 
of  Grammar,  Arithmetic,  and  in  spelling  ; 
while  he  had  gone  through  with  Colburn's 
Mental  Arithmetic,  and  generally  understood 
well  the  meaning  of  words,  and  used  as  correct 
language  as  most  persons  of  good  education. 

His  evenings  were  generally  spent  with  me 
alone  in  reading  and  conversation,  —  when  quite 
young  till  eight  o'clock,  and  afterwards  till  nine 
and  half  past  nine  o'clock,  —  and  these  are  the 


48  MEMOIR    OF 

seasons,  on  which  more  than  all  others  my  mem- 
ory delights  to  dwell,  when  he  gladly  turned 
aside  from  the  common  amusements  of  children, 
and  especially  of  boys,  to  sit  down  in  a  retired 
room  with  his  mother,  open  his  mind  to  her  in- 
struction, and  into  her  bosom  pour  out  all  his 
heart.  Here  he  confessed  his  sins  and  wept  over 
them,  and  here  I  felt  that  I  had  an  influence 
which  no  precepts  nor  threatenings  could  give 
me  under  other  circumstances.  He  never  seem- 
ed so  happy,  as  at  these  seasons,  and  would, 
when  by  sickness  or  any  other  cause,  we  had 
been  interrupted,  lament  that  he  could  not  enjoy 
our  pleasant  evenings,  and  ask,  "  When  may 
we  have  those  pleasant  evenings  again  ?  " 

He  read  principally  at  these  times  Rollin's 
Ancient  History,  Goldsmith's  England,  Robert- 
son's America,  a  history  of  Ceylon,  and  some 
smaller  histories,  besides  the  Bible.  He  used  to 
make  frequent  remarks  upon  what  he  read, 
and  often  anticipated  what  would  be  the  result 
of  this  or  that  course,  when  pursued  without 
the  fear  of  God.  Such  books  also  as  Chalmer's 
Sermons,  and  Watts'  World  to  Come,  he  was 
particularly  pleased  with.     The  latter  he  read 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW.  49 

a  number  of  times.  The  Assembly's  Cate- 
chism he  did  not  begin  to  learn  until  able,  with 
assistance,  to  understand  it  in  a  good  degree  ; 
and  had  not  gone  quite  through  it  when  he 
left. 

He  was,  for  a  considerable  time,  in  the  habit 
of  taking  notes  of  sermons,*  which  he  heard, 
though  he  sometimes  complained  that  he  did 
not  understand  what  was  meant. 

Sabbaths  here  are  less  interesting  to  chil- 
dren than  they  are  at  home.  There  is 
nothing  imposing  to  the  senses  in  our  public 
worship,  and  there  are  no  associations  of  chil- 
dren in  Sunday  Schools,  except  of  the  natives, 
as  there ;  but  Charles  used  generally,  to  attend 
to  his  private  duties  before  breakfast,  and 
after  it  repeat  or  sing,  "  Welcome  sweet  day  of 
rest,"  &c,  after  which,  and  prayers,  he  would 
go  with  me  to  the  Sunday  School  of  girls  until 
meeting  time,  and  after  meeting  go  to  the 
poor  beggars,  of  whom  we  have  usually  about 
fifty.  After  an  hour  with  them,  the  intermis- 
sion, until  4  o'clock-preaching,  was  spent  in 

*  The  sermons  were  all  in  Tamul,  which,  however,  he  un- 
derstood and  spoke  as  well  as  English. 

5 


0  MEMOIR    OF 

study,  (generally  Judson's  Questions)  reading, 
and  care  of  his  sisters  ;  and  the  evening  with 
his  papa  was  always  pleasant,  and  I  think  very 
useful  to  his  mind  and  heart. 

In  his  seasons  of  more  than  usual  serious- 
ness, which  towwds  the  close  of  the  time  of  his 
stay  with  us  were  frequent,  he  seemed  aware 
of  the  danger  that  they  might  not  be  perma- 
nent, and  with  many  tears  used  to  pray  that 
he  might  "not  be  suffered  to  grieve  the  Holy 
Spirit  this  time,  as  he  had  done  before."  It 
was  his  usual  practice  to  pray  alone  in  the 
morning,  and  with  me  in  the  evening  after 
our  reading  a  portion  of  Scripture  together. 
On  Sabbath  evenings,  he  gave  his  Sunday 
lesson  to  his  papa,  after  which  "  they  had  a 
season  of  prayer  and  religious  conversation  to- 
gether, and  we  have  often  remarked  that  his 
prayers  were  the  language  of  a  mature  Chris- 
tian, sometimes  very  affecting  to  us,  as  well  as 
seeming  to  proceed  from  an  overflowing  heart, 
in  him.  The  burden  of  them  was,  that  he 
might  hate  sin  more  and  more,  and  be  holy  as 
Jesus  was  holy,  and  this  with  the  strongest 
expressions  of  sorrow  for  sin,  and  longing  to 


CHARLES    L.  WINS  LOW.  51 

be  freed  from  it,  and  washed  clean  in  the  Sa- 
viour's blood.  "  There  is  a  fountain  filled  with 
blood,"  &c.  was  a  favorite  hymn,  to  which  he 
often  alluded  in  his  prayers. 

The  first  time  he  expressed  a  decided  hope 
to  me,  was,  I  think,  when  he  had  a  severe 
attack  of  illness.  I  expressed  a  hope  that  he 
was  decidedly  better,  but  added,  "  It  may  be 
that  God  will  send  a  severe  sickness  upon  you, 
to  make  you  feel  that  you  are  in  danger  of  death, 
and  lead  you  to  prepare  for  it." 

He  immediately  burst  into  tears  and  said, 
"  Mamma,  I  am  not  afraid  to  die  ;  I  am  sure 
God  has  not  given  me  up."  He  was  then  too 
weak  to  say  much  in  explanation  of  his  feelings, 
but  the  simple  fact  that  he  was  not  afraid  to 
die  was  some  evidence  of  a  change  of  heart ; 
as  death  to  children  in  this  country,  appears 
among  the  heathen  only  in  the  most  forbidding 
forms. 

Charles  had  heard  much  of  the  joys  of  heav- 
en, and  had  not  to  my  knowledge  any  unusual 
dread  of  death,  except  at  times  after  having 
witnessed  it  in  the  heathen. 

When  about  six  years  of  age,  one  evening, 


52  MEMOIR    OF 

as  he  was  riding  with  us,  we  passed  a  funeral 
pile,  on  which  a  body  had  been  just  laid,  and 
a  fire  kindled.  On  our  return,  he  expressed  a 
desire  to  see  it  near,  and  his  father  went  with 
him.  The  body  was  nearly  half  consumed, 
and  the  remaining  half  left  quite  exposed  ;  as  a 
strong  wind  was  blowing  the  flames  from  it, 
Charles  looked  at  it  steadily  without  any  re- 
mark, but  his  countenance,  as  he  returned  to 
the  chaise,  plainly  showed  that  new  and  dis- 
tressing thoughts  were  revolving  in  his  mind. 
After  his  return  home,  there  was  none  of  his 
usual  cheerfulness  and  he  could  not  sleep  after 
going  to  bed. 

It  was  not  for  some  time  that  the  impression 
left  his  mind,  and  he  ever  after  referred  to  the 
sight  as  the  most  horrid  he  had  witnessed. 

Once  he  saw  people  bringing  a  body  to  bury 
near  our  house,  and  this  he  did  not  think  much 
of,  as  he  had  seen  his  own  dear  brothers  and 
sisters  laid  in  the  grave.  He  therefore  went 
out  with  a  friend  who  was  staying  with  us. 
The  body  was  larger  than  the  grave  prepared 
for  it,  and  as  is  often  done  here,  after  being  laid 
partly  in  it,  some  one  or  more  stepped  in  upon 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW.  53 

the  almost  naked  body,  and  crowded  it  down 
with  their  feet. 

This  was  another  shock  to  the  dear  boy's 
feelings,  from  which  he  did  not  soon  recover, 
and  especially  as  he  was  often  reminded  of 
both  these  scenes  by  the  flames  of  the  funeral 
pile,  quite  in  view  from  our  front  door,  and  by 
the  dead  being  constantly  buried  on  both  sides 
the  road  leading  down  from  the  house. 

He  had  also  frequent  providential  warnings 
that  he  was  in  constant  danger  of  death,  from 
the  bite  of  serpents,  as  well  as  from  sickness 
and  other  causes.  At  one  time  while  he  was 
lying  asleep  on  the  floor,  with  a  pillow  under 
his  head,  a  beaver  snake,  which  is  considered 
ve-y  poisonous,  came  over  the  whole  length  of 
his  body,  went  under  his  pillow,  and  then  re- 
turned over  his  face.  At  another  time,  some- 
thing falling  from  the  roof  into  the  chair  where 
I  was  usually  sitting  at  that  hour,  he  ran  to 
see,  and  as  it  was  pretty  dark  thought  it  a  stick 
of  wood,  and  put  out  his  hand  to  take  hold  of 
it,  when  it  showed  itself  to  be  a  serpent.  At 
another  time  one  fell  from  the.roof  on  him. 

He  however  seemed  to  think  of  his  sins,  as 
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54  MEMOIR    OF 

much  as  of  his  exposure  to  danger  and  to 
sudden  death.  One  evening  1  well  recollect, 
when  he  was  so  affected  with  thinking  of  his 
sins  and  his  danger,  that  be  begged  me  to  pray 
with  him,  and  himself  prayed  alone  and  with 
me  three  or  four  times,  appearing  to  feel  that 
he  could  not  go  to  bed  till  his  sins  were  par- 
doned, and  he  had  a  new  heart.  Another 
time  at  a  quarterly  meeting,  during  the  sermon 
he  was  so  affected  as  to  weep,  which  he  sel- 
dom did,  when  he  could  be  observed  ;  and  du- 
ring the  administration  of  the  Lord's  Supper, 
as  he  stood  by  me,  put  his  hand  behind  my 
chair  and  sobbed  and  wept,  and  continued  to 
to  do  so  when  we  were  at  prayer,  and  nearly 
all  the  time  afterwards.  On  inquiring  after- 
wards why  he  did  so,  he  said  that  he  felt  as 
he  never  did  before,  and  he  wanted  to  come 
also  to  the  Lord's  Supper.  This  desire  he  often 
afterwards  expressed,  and  regularly  atttended 
the  meetings  at  the  station  which  were  held  for 
inquirers,  and  those  who  wished  to  make  a 
public  profession  of  their  faith  in  Christ.  This 
was  the  more  noticeable  in  him  as  he  always 
avoided  any  unnecessary  exhibition  of  his  feel- 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW.  bO 

ings  ;  many  times  dashing  the  tears  from  his 
eyes  with  his  fingers,  and  turning  his  head 
away  when  he  thought  he  might  be  ob- 
served. 

I  have  thus,  my  dear,  endeavored  to  comply 
with  your  request,  as  well  as  my  time  and 
circumstances  will  admit.  I  have  found  it  hard 
work  to  go  on  with  what  affects  me  so  much, 
and  especially  as  I  could  do  it  so  little  to  my 
satisfaction.  If  it  affords  our  beloved  mothers 
and  brothers  and  sisters  any  pleasure,  I  shall 
feel  recompensed,  and  only  regret  that  I  could 
do  him  no  more  justice. 

There  are  a  thousand  things  on  which  we  can 
dwell  with  pleasure,  that  cannot  be  conveyed 
toothers,  and  the  more  we  think  of  our  dear 
one  of  whom  we  hoped  so  much,  the  more  thank- 
ful we  are  that  we  enjoyed  him  so  long,  that 
he  was  so  pleasant,  and  I  hope  the  more  wil- 
ling are  we  to  have  him  just  where  he  is, 
though  ourselves  and  others  are  deprived  of 
him. 


56  MEMOIR    OF 

The  history  of  Charles,  after  having  said 
farewell  to  his  parents,  at  Oodooville,  until  his 
arrival  in  America,  will  be  found  in  the  follow- 
ing extracts  from  his  letters  and  journals,  writ- 
ten only  for  his  parents'  eye,  and  now  pub- 
lished without  alteration,  from  his  artless  tran- 
scripts. 

Copy  of  a  note  addressed  to  his  parents  from 
Madras,  (  Written  in  pencil.) 

My  dear  Parents, 

The  Star  has  not  yet  arrived,  but  I  hope  it 
will  come  soon,  and  I  hope  I  shall  soon  get  to 
America,  and  see  my  friends.  I  sometimes 
feel  sorry,  but  then  I  hope  that  we  may  meet 
again  in  this  world,  but  if  not,  I  hope  we  all 
shall  meet  in  the  world  to  come,  on  the  right 
hand  of  God.  I  still  feel  that  I  have  given 
myself  to  God,  and  that  he  will  take  care  of 
me  on  the  ocean,  and  on  the  land,  when  I  am 
alone  and  when  I  am  in  different  circumstan- 
ces than  what  I  would  be  if  I  was  at  home. 
At  certain  times  I  feel  a  good  deal,  but  still  I 
hope  that  God  will  take  care  of  me  and 
you  all. 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW.  57 


Extracts  from  the  Journal  kept  by  Charles 
L.  Winslow,  on  board  the  Ship  Star,  on 
his  voyage  to  America,  January  20th, 
1832.  ' 

My  dear  Parents, 

January  21,  Saturday.  —  Last  evening  at 
eight  o'clock  Mr.  Spanieling  left  me  on  board, 
and  went  on  shore.  We  took  up  anchor,  and 
sailed  yesterday.  As  Mr.  S.  was  with  me,  I 
did  not  feel  much,  and  when  he  left  me,  I  did 
not  feel  much,  but  now  I  feel  the  loss.  This 
morning  arrived  at  Pondicherry,  where  I  wrote 
to  you,  and  sent  to  Madras. 

22,  Sabbath. —  This  morning  I  felt  very 
much,  and  thought  a  good  deal  about  you. 
There  has  been  no  preaching  nor  prayers. 

Yesterday  afternoon  we  left  Pondicherry. 
The  work  has  gone  on  as  common.  I  want 
to  ask  you  if  it  is  right  to  arrange  things  on 
board  on  Sunday. 

23,  Monday.  —  To-day  we  are  in  Lat.  8° 
32',  and  Long.  82°.  Last  night  it  began  to 
rain,  and  it  has  rained  till  twelve  this  noon. 


58  MEMOIR    OF 

I  have  been  unhappy  to-day.  This  morning 
one  of  the  sailors  died,  who  was  sick  when  Mr. 
Spaulding  came  on  board.  This  afternoon 
they  threw  hi  in  overboard. 

26,  Thursday.  —  To-day  we  are  in  Lat. 
1°  34',  Long.  81°  16'.  It  has  not  rained  this 
morning,  and  it  has  been  very  pleasant.  I 
still  feel  a  good  deal,  but  the  Lord  has  comfort- 
ed me.  I  wish  there  was  a  Christian  on  board, 
that  I  could  follow  the  example  of,  but  I  pray 
to  God  to  show  me  how  to  walk.  I  have  gone 
on  with  my  lessons  to-day  as  common. 

27,  Friday. —  This  morning  at  eleven,  we 
crossed  the  Equator  at  Long.  80°  35'.  I  have 
been  rather  unhappy  to-day,  and  have  thought 
a  good  deal  about  you. 

29,  Sunday. — We  are  in  Lat.  2°  2',  Long. 
79°  1 V.  I  have  been  very  unhappy  to-day, 
but  when  I  am,  I  go  and  pray,  and  am  a  little 
comforted.  I  studied  my  Judson's  Questions, 
Catechism,  and  read  the  Bible  a  great  deal, 
and  I  thought  of  you  a  good  deal,  especially 
when  I  thought  you  were  in  church,  and  wish 
I  could  be  with  you.  They  caught  a  fish  to- 
day, which  I  am  sorry  to  say. 


CHARLES    L.   WINSLOW.  59 

30,  Monday.  —  I  have  not  been  so  unhap- 
py to-day  as  I  was  yesterday,  but  I  have 
thought  of  you,  especially  when  I  thought  you 
were  at  prayers,  because  they  do  not  have 
prayers  here. 

February  1,  Wednesday. — We  are  in 
Lat.  7°  2'  Long.  80°  43'.  It  has  been  very 
pleasant  to-day,  and  1  have  been  happy,  but  I 
have  thought  of  you.  Mr.  Brown,  the  mate, 
caught  a  Dolphin  to-day.  It  is  a  beautiful 
fish.  When  it  is  in  the  water  its  back  is  all 
blue ;  but  after  it  was  caught,  the  blue  turned 
into  a  gold  color. 

3,  Friday.— Lat.  8°  20',  Long.  80°.  Ihave 
thought  of  you  a  great  deal  to-day.  I  got  all 
my  lessons.  It  has  been  very  hot,  not  much 
wind. 

The  serious  thoughts  that  I  had,  I  have 
still,  and  I  love  to  read  the  Bible  and  pray 
very  much  —  it  seems  to  comfort  me  a  great 
deal  to  pray. 

7,  Tuesday.  —  I  have  thought  a  good  deal 
about  you,  my  dear  parents,  but  God  has  com- 
forted me,  and  I  hope  he  will  comfort  you.  I 
know  that  you  have  sent  me,  intending  it  for 


60  MEMOIR    OF 

my  good,  and  I  hope  God  will  qualify  me  to 
become  a  missionary. 

8,  Wednesday.  —  It  has  been  pleasant  to- 
day. I  have  thought  a  good  deal  of  you  to- 
day. When  I  think  of  you,  I  pray  to  God, 
and  afterwards  a  thought  comes  into  my  mind 
that  when  God  has  placed  me  in  such  circum- 
stances, why  should  I  feel  so  ?  While  I  am 
praying  I  am  comforted,  and  I  hope  the  Lord 
hears  my  prayers  and  yours. 

9,  Thursday.  —  It  has  been  very  pleasant 
to-day,  and  I  have  got  all  my  lessons,  and 
begun  a  letter  for  you,  my  dear  parents,  in 
hopes  of  speaking  a  ship  coming  to  Calcutta, 
or  Madras,  so  you  may  know  before  you  see 
my  journal, which  you  may  not  for  eight  months 
or  more. 

Copy  of  a  letter  written  on  board  the  Ship 
Star,  dated  February  7th,  1832. 

My  dear  Parents, 

1  commence  a  letter  to  you,  in  hopes  of 
speaking  a  ship  coming  to  Madras  or  Calcut- 
ta. We  are  now,  by  the  blessing  of  God,  in 
Lat.  17°  53',  and  Long.  71°  16'.     We  have 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW.  61 

had  a  great  deal  of  rain  thus  far,  but  I  hope 
we  will  not  have  any  gales  off  the  Isle  of 
France.  On  January  the  19th  we  heard  of 
the  arrival  of  the  ship  Star  at  Madras,  and  I 
was  very  glad  to  hear  it.  The  next  day  we 
came  on  board.  The  next  day  was  Friday, 
and  in  the  evening  at  eight  o'clock,  Mr.  Spaul- 
ding  left  us  on  board, .  and  went  ashore.  At 
ten  o'clock  the  same  evening,  we  took  up  an- 
chor, and  sailed  down  to  Pondicherry.  The 
next  morning  at  eight,  we  anchored  at  Pondi- 
cherry, and  at  eleven  o'clock  in  the  night,  set 
sail  again  from  Pondicherry.  I  felt  very  much 
on  the  next  day,  as  it  was  Sunday,  and  I  thought 
it  was  not  kept  as  it  ought  to  have  been  at  sea, 
but  I  did  not  say  anything  about  it.  I  was 
unhappy  so  for  ten  or  twelve  days  ;  then  the 
Lord  comforted  me. 

January  11,  1832.  —  We  are  in  Lat.  21° 
12'  and  Long.  68°  28'.  I  did  not  write  yes- 
terday, because  it  rained  so  much.  I  think  of 
you  a  great  deal,  my  dear  parents  and  sisters,  and 
ever  remember  you  in  my  prayers,  and  I  hope 
you  do  me.  The  serious  thoughts  that  I  had 
when  I  was  with  you  have  not  left  me,  and  I 
6 


62  MEMOIR    OF 

sincerely  hope  I  am  a  child  of  God,  and  he  will 
take  care  of  me,  if  I  am ;  and  as  there  is  no 
one  on  board  whose  example  I  can  follow,  I 
have  to  be  always  on  my  guard  against  sin, 
especially  on  Sunday. 

One  of  the  passengers  is,  I  see,  very  much 
against  the  missionaries  :  I  never  saw  anybody 
so  much  against  them  as  he  is.  He  says  they 
do  no  good  at  all,  and  that  people  will  convince 
me  so  in  America ;  but  I  hope  they  will  not 
convince  me. 

14,  Tuesday.  —  On  Saturday  evening,  I 
thought  a  great  deal  of  you,  and  the  many 
pleasant  evenings  we  had  at  home,  but  I  know 
that  the  God  that  is  with  you  is  with  me 
also.  Four  o'clock.  Mr.  Brown,  the  mate,  has 
just  fired  at  two  tropic  birds  and  killed  them 
both,  and  swam  after  them  and  got  them. 

On  Sunday  morning,  I  thought  of  you  and 
the  pleasant  time  I,  you  and  Joanna  used  to 
have,  and  I  wished  I  could  go  to  church  with 
you. 

In  the  morning  after  praying,  I  read  the 
Bible  till  breakfast,  which  is  at  eight  o'clock, 
then  I  studied  my  Judson's  Questions,  Cate- 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW.  63 

chism  and  hymns,  and  at  one  o'clock  dinner  ; 
then  I  read  the  Bible  till  supper  at  six  in  the 
evening  ;  at  eight  go  to  bed.  In  this  way, 
I  have  spent  all  my  Sundays  since  I  came  on 
board.  I  think  of  you  and  dear  sisters  all  the 
time,  but  I  hope  we  shall  all  see  each  other 
again  in  this  world.  Will  you  please  to  send 
in  the  box  of  curiosities  to  me,  a  yam  from  my 
garden,  as  I  have  left  mine  at  Madras,  and  my 
book  of  directions,  for  I  feel  the  need  of  that 
very  much,  and  some  large  shells,  and  some 
other  curiosities  for  me  or  my  friends  in  Ameri- 
ca? I  dream  every  night  about  you,  my  dear 
parents  and  sisters.  I  have  a  comfortable 
place  to  sleep  in,  and  good  food  to  eat.  I  have 
been  very  well,  and  Henry  too,  though  Henry 
has  been  very  sea-sick,  but  I  have  not  been. 
I  want  to  tell  you  a  great  deal  more,  but  I  have 
not  time  enough.  So  once  more  farewell  to 
you  all.  Please  to  give  my  love  to  the  ser- 
vants and  girls,  and  kisses  to  sweet  little 
sisters. 

February  11,  Saturday.  —  It  has  been 
very  rainy  ever  since  yesterday  morning,  and 
during  the  night  there  was  a  gale  of  wind, 


64  MEMOIR    OF 

but  we  have  lost  nothing.  I  thought  a  good 
deal  of  you,  ray  dear  parents  and  dear  sisters, 
and  ever  remember  you  in  my  prayers. 

14,  Tuesday. — It  was  very  pleasant  to- 
day till. noon,  then  it  be  began  to  rain  as  it  did 
yesterday.  Yesterday  afternoon  about  3  o'clock, 
we  crossed  the  tropic  of  Cancer.  I  thought 
of  you  this  morning.  Last  night,  I  dreamed 
of  being  with  you,  but  this  morning  I  got  up 
and  found  myself  in  a  cabin. 

17,  Friday. — I  have  thought  of  you  a 
great  deal  to-day,  but  the  Lord  has  comforted 
me  so  far,  and  I  hope  we  shall  all  meet  again 
in  this  world,  and  I  shall  come  to  Jaffna  as  a 
missionary  ;  but  I  hear  a  great  deal  against 
missionaries  on  board.     1  got  all  my  lessons. 

18,  Saturday.  —  I  have  thought  a  good 
deal  of  you,  my  dear  parents  and  dear  sisters. 
I  am  very  sorry  now,  that  I  did  treat  you  all 
so  badly,  as  I  am  afraid  I  did  when  I  was 
with  you.  and  it  troubles  me  very  much  now, 
and  I  wish  I  could  ask  of  you  all  pardon  for 
behaving  so  to  you.  The  Lord  comforts  me, 
and  I  hope  you  also.     I  wish  I  could  be  on 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW.  65 

land,  for  I  do  not  like  the  sea  as  well  as  I 
thought  I  would. 

20,  Monday.  —  I  write  for  yesterday,  as 
though  I  wrote  on  Sunday,  but  1  do  not  write 
on  Sunday,  though  all  on  board  write  their 
journals  on  Sunday,  except  I  and  Henry.  It 
has  been  very  pleasant  to-day,  and  fair  wind. 

22,  Wednesday.— Lat.  27°  20',  Long.  46° 
16'.  This  is  General  Washington's  birth-day, 
and  Mr.  Allen  fired  his  own  double-barrelled  gun 
with  corks  in  the  barrels,  which  were  left  in  by 
accident  by  himself]  but  it  was  wonderful  in- 
deed they  did  not  burst. 

When  Mr.  Allen  fired  his  gun,  he  said,  "Gen- 
eral Washington  ;  — first  in  war,  first  in  peace, 
and  first  in  the  hearts  of  his  countrymen." 

I  know  when  sister  Joanna's  birthday  comes ; 
I  do  not  remember  when  it  is,  but  I  think  on 
the  25th  of  this  month,  and  sister  Harriet's  on 
the  29th  of  April. 

25,  Saturday. — It  has  been  very  pleasant 
this  morning.  I  remember  you  in  my  prayers, 
and  I  hope  )7ou  do  me,  and  I  hope  the  Lord 
hears  mine,  and  your  prayers.  I  hope  I  shall 
•come  to  Jaffna  as  a  missionary  one  of  these  days. 
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66  MEMOIR    OF 

26,  Sunday.  —  We  have  had  brisk  breezes 
from  W.  S.  W.j  very  high  sea  —  brought  down 
the  fore  and  mizzen  royal  masts.  I  have 
never  been  in  such  a  condition  before. 

27,  Monday.  —  It  has  been  very  pleasant 
to-day.  We  are  now  about  90  miles  from 
land,  but  do  not  see  it,  though  I  hope  to  see  it 
before  next  Monday. 

29,  Wednesday.  —  It  has  been  very  pleas- 
ant to-day.  The  Dr.  went  up  to  the  mast 
head,  and  sung  out,  Land !  To-day  also  saw 
land  only  45  miles  oil.  We  saw  4  or  5  large 
whales  —  one  would  lift  up  his  head  another 
his  tail.  They  were  a  little  distance  from  the 
ship. 

March  1,- — Thursday.  It  was  pleasant 
this  morning  until  11  o'clock,  then  it  began  to 
blow  strong  and  rain  for  an  hour,  then  it 
stopped,  and  now,  2  o'clock,  it  is  very  pleasant 
indeed. 

2,  Friday.  ■ —  I  think  a  great  deal  of  you, 
but  the  Lord  comforts  me,  and  I  hope  you 
also.  I  do  hope  I  shall  come  back  as  a  mis- 
sionary to  the  poor  natives  of  the  country  where 
I  was  born. 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW.  67 

3,  Saturday.  —  Very  pleasant  to-day,  and 
this  morning  saw  a  ship,  and  at  10  o'clock 
saw  another.  I  was  very  glad  to  see  the  ships, 
though  we  did  not  go  near  enough  to  speak 
them.     I  got  all  my  lessons  to-day. 

4,  Sunday. — My  dear  and  affectionate 
parents,  sisters,  and  all  other  friends,  ]  hope  I 
shall  see  you  all  in  this  world,  if  not,  I  hope 
in  the  world  to  come. 

5,  Monday.—  Lat.  35°  30',  Long.  21°  49'. 
It  has  been  blowing  so  hard  that  we  have  been 
obliged  to  lay  to,  under  close  reefed  main-top- 
sail and  spencers  for  19  hours  together.  The 
vessel  rocks  a  great  deal,  so  I  can  hardly 
write. 

6,  Tuesday.  —  It  has  been  unpleasant  to- 
day, and  quite  warm.  This  morning  the  Doc- 
tor fished,  and  caught  three  most  beautiful  and 
delicious  fishes.  When  they  were  caught, 
they  were  of  a  gold  color,  and  blue  streaks  on 
their  backs. 

8,  Thursday. — It  has  been  very  pleasant 
to*i!ay.  This  morning  we  saw  land  indistinct- 
ly, but  now  at  2  o'clock  see  it  very  plain. 
It  is  Bluff  Point,  bearing  N.  N.  E.  of  us  by 


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compass.     I  am  very  glad  to  see  land,  but  I 
would  be  more  glad  if  I  was  on  it. 

9,  Friday. — It  has  been  very  pleasant  to- 
day. We  now  see  two  sails  in  sight,  and  I 
hope  we  shall  speak  them.  I  like  very  much 
to  see  ships  at  sea.  I  want  very  much  to  see 
you  all,  and  I  feel  very  home-sick.  I  think  of 
you  always  in  my  pra}^ers. 

10,  Saturday.  —  This  morning  at  6  o'clock, 
we  saw  a  brig.  I  think  a  great  deal  of  you, 
perhaps  too  much.  O  I  wish  I  could  be  on 
land,  or  with  you.  I  love  very  much  to  read 
the' Bible,  and  pray  to  God.  He  comforts  me, 
and  I  hope  you  too. 

13,  Tuesday.  —  Pleasant  to-day,  but  no 
wind  scarcely,  until  just  now,  a  little  breeze 
has  sprung  up.  I  long  to  see  the  land  of  my 
fathers — it  does  seem  a  very  short  time  since 
I  left  you  —  but  't  is  now  77  days. 

17,  Saturday. — The  days  seem  short. 
But  what  is  life  ?  it  is  but  a  vapor  that  appear- 
eth  for  a  little  while,  and  then  vanishes  away. 
Do  pray  that  I  may  be  prepared  for  death  when 
it  comes. 

19,  Monday. — Pleasianter  to-day,  but  no 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW.  G9 

wind  ;  so  we  do  not  go  at  all.  I  like  very  much 
to  see  the  ship  going  along.  I  am  very  com- 
fortable here,  but  there  is  no  retired  place  where 
1  could  go  and  read  the  Bible,  and  pray  quiet- 
ly. I  think  often,  how  I  used  to  come  in  your 
room  and  pray. 

22,  Thursday. —MS  P.  M.  crossed  the 
meridian  at  the  Longitude  of  Greenwich. 
We  are  now,  by  the  blessing  of  God,  in  West 
Longitude,  and  I  hope  before  long  to  be  in  the 
land  of  my  fathers.     Do  pray  daily  for  me. 

23,  Friday. — We  are  now  at  the  distance 
of  90  miles  from  St.  Helena.  I  got  no  lessons 
to-day,  for,  as  it  is  the  Doctor's  birth-day,  he 
said  we  need  not  get  lessons. 

24,  Saturday.  —  Early  this  morning  saw 
St.  Helena  bearing  E.  by  N. ;  distance  about 
14  miles.  St.  Helena  lies  in  S.  Lat.  15° 
55',  West  Long.  5°  49',  is  10J  miles  long, 
and  6  J-  broad.  This  was  the  place  where 
Buonaparte  was  before  he  died,  and  where  he 
was  buried  when  he  died. 

26,  Monday.  —  Pleasant  weather,  and  de- 
lightful breeze.  Course  N.  W.  On  Saturday 
I  drew  a  sketch  of  St,  Helena,  and  pasted  in 


70  MEMOIR    OF 

this  book.    I  will  draw  a  sketch  of  Bluff  Point 
from  the  Dr.'s,  which  he  drew. 

29,  Thursday.  —  Very  pleasant  weather. 
This  morning  Mr.  Pereson  gave  me  a  little 
flying-fish,  which  I  put  in  a  bottle  to  keep. 

30,  Friday.  —  I  often  read  this  verse ; 
"  Come  unto  me,  all  ye  that  labor  and  are 
heavy  laden,  and  I  will  give  you  rest."  I 
ever  remember  you  in  my  prayers. 

31,  Saturday.  —  I  saw  a  great  many  flying 
fish  to-day.  This  month  of  March  seems  to 
have  passed  away  very  soon.     What  is  life  ? 

April  1,  Sunday. — 'Very  pleasant  weath- 
er, and  moderate  trades  at  S.  E.,  course  N. 
W.  J  W.  I  get  my  Assembly's  Catechism, 
and  a  hymn  out  of  the  Village  Hymns,  and 
read  the  Bible  and  pious  Magazines,  or  any 
other  book  fit  to  read  on  the  Sabbath. 

7,  Saturday.  —  At  11  P.  M.  crossed  the 
Equator. 

8,  Sunday.  —  I  got  my  catechism,  and 
learnt  a  hymn,  and  read  in  the  Bible  and 
Pilgrim's  Progress.  I  have  felt  very  happy 
to-day,  and  hope  I  shall  be  in  America  before 
long,  and  I  hope  I  shall  come  back  to  Jaffna 
as  a  missionary. 


CHARLES    L.  WINSL0W.  71 

15,  Sunday.  —  I  saw  some  sea-weed  to- 
day, and  to-morrow  I  hope  to  see  more  of  it. 

16,  Monday.  —  To-day  we  saw  a  great 
deal  more,  and  caught  some,  in  which  we 
found  some  small  fish,  and  the  Dr.  says,  there 
are  also  crabs  in  them.  We  saw  some  por- 
poises, and  tried  to  catch  some. 

28,  Saturday.  —  Lat.  30°  31',  Long.  72°. 
To-day  3  sails.  The  Brig  which  we  spoke 
yesterday,  was  from  Santa  Cruz,  bound  to 
New  York,  fifteen  days  out.  Her  fore  and 
main  top-mast,  was  carried  away  by  a  squally 
spell,  10  days  ago.  She  was  overtaken 
by  us. 

May  2,  Wednesday.  —  Saw  15  sails,  and 
at  one  o'clock  took  a  pilot. 


Copy  of  a  note  addressed  to  his  Parents 

without  date,  but  written  at  sea. 
My  dear  Mamma, 

I  want  to  tell  you  something  about  myself. 
I  have  a  comfortable  place  to  sleep,  but  it  is  so 
hot  that  it  is  very  difficult  to  sleep.  I  hope  I 
am  a  child  of  God  ;  so  I  do  not  fear  being  on 


72  MEMOIR    OF 

the  sea,  as  I  think  I  would,  if  I  thought  I  was 
not  the  child  of  God.     I  think  a  great  deal 
of  you  and  papa,  and  dear  sisters,  and  other 
friends  in  Jaffna,   but  the  Lord  comforts  me 
and  I  hope  he  comforts  you,  and  my  other 
friends.     I  do  hope  we  shall  all  meet  in  this 
world.     Do  not  feel  anxious  about  my  health, 
for  I  am  very  well,  and  have  been  very  well 
since  I  left  you,   except  a  little  turn  I  had  at 
Mr.  Carver's.     I  ever  remember  you  in  my 
prayers,  and  I  love  very  much  to  pray,  and  it 
seems  to  comfort  me.      I  am  afraid   I   hurt 
your  feelings  very  much,  and  troubled  you 
by  my  behaving  so  badly  two  or  three  days 
before  I  left  you  ;  but  do  forgive  me,  for  it  falls 
now  upon  me  as  a  great  stone.     I  am  very 
much  troubled  on  your  account,  but  do  tell 
me  when  you  write,  if  you  have  forgiven  me 
for  behaving  so  to  you,  especially  just  before 
leaving  you.     Ask  sister  Joanna  if  she  has 
forgiven  me  for  treating  her  so  badly  some- 
times.    Tell  her  I  have  forgiven   her.     Do 
send  the  book  of  directions  as  soon  as  you  canr 
for  I  want  it  very  much.      Tell  me    about 
Carlo  and  my  garden,  and  how  things  come 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW.  73 

on  after  I  left  you,  and  how  you,  papa,  and 
sisters  say  and  feel,  and  what  Archie*  feels,  and 
all  the  rest. 


Philadelphia,  May  5,  1832. 

My  dear  Parents, 

By  the  mercy  of  God,  I  have  safely  arrived 
at  Philadelphia.  I  left  the  ship  yesterday 
afternoon  with  Mr.  Allen  to  go  to  his  house. 

6,  Sunday.  —  To-day  went  to  Mr.  R.'s 
house,  and  went  to  church  with  him  in  the 
morning,  and  in  the  afternoon  went  with  him  to 
the  Orphan  Asylum  were  Mr.  White  preached. 

8,  Tuesday.  —  This  morning  and  after- 
noon I  walked  out,  and  looked  about  the  city, 
and  went  into  the  United  States  Bank,  and 
into  the  mint,  where  the  money  is  made. 

9.  This  morning  I  went  down  to  the  ship 
and  brought  our  baggage  ashore  to  Mr.  Fos- 
ter's boarding-house,  and  in  the  afternoon  went 
to  Fair  Mount  with  Mr.  Allen.  'Tis  a  beau- 
tiful place,  and  a  river  runs  there,  and  from 
that  the   whole   of  Philadelphia   is   supplied 

*  His  old  Nurse 


74  MEMOIR    OF 

with  water,  thrown  by  a  large  machine  into 
large  iron  pipes  which  run  under  ground. 

10.  Went  to  Mr.  Ralston's  son's  house 
and  spent  the  morning,  and  in  the  afternoon 
went  with  Mr.  Ralston's  grandson  to  play  in 
the  river. 

11.  This  morning  went  to  the  Museum, 
and  I  saw  so  many  things  that  I  can  hardly 
tell  you  what  I  saw.  There  were  very  pretty 
birds  and  animals  stuffed.  There  was  the 
skeleton  of  a  mammoth,  and  an  elephant,  rhino- 
ceros, tiger  and  lion,  stuffed. 

12.  This  morning  Mr.  R.'s  grandson, 
Henry,  and  I  went  to  see  the  ouran  outang 
alive.  Afterwards  at  12  o'clock  went  in  the 
steam-boat  with  Dr.  G.  as  far  as  Trenton,  and 
from  thence  in  a  stage  to  Dr.  M.'s  in  Princeton, 
to  spend  the  Sabbath. 

13.  To-day  I  weut  to  church  with  Dr.  M. 
I  learned  the  whole  of  the  last  chapter  of  Mark, 
and  read  the  pious  Magazines  of  children. 

14.  I  came  with  Dr.  R.  in  a  stage  as  far 
as  New  Brunswick,  and  from  thence  in  a  steam- 
boat to  New  York,  and  here  I  saw,  for  the 
first  time,  aunts  C.  and  F.,  and  uncle  M. 


CHARLES    L.  W1NSL0W.  75 

The  remainder  of  Charles'  earthly  history 
is  very  brief.  His  affectionate  relatives  had 
scarcely  welcomed  him  to  their  hearts,  when 
they  were  called  to  part  with  him  to  meet 
again,  only  where  'death-divided  friends' 
will  meet  to  part  no  more.  The  following 
extracts  furnish  the  affecting  details  of  the 
closing  scene. 

From  the  JV.  Y.  Observer. 

It  is  our  melancholy  duty  to  announce  that 
Charles  L.  Winslow,  only  son  of  Rev.  Miron 
W.  missionary  at  Ceylon,  died  in  this  city  on 
Thursday  of  last  week,  at  the  residence  of 
Rev.  Wm.  A.  Hallock,  aged  11  years.  He 
had  just  arrived  in  this  country,  having  come 
hither  for  the  purpose  of  receiving  an  educa- 
tion, in  the  hope  of  returning  as  a  missionary 
to  India,  and  was  one  of  about  70,  who  obtain- 
ed a  hope  in  Christ  during  the  late  revival  of 
religion,  at  those  mission  stations. 

In  conversation  with  his  friends,  after  his 
arrival,  he  spoke  of  the  condition  of  the  hea- 
then with  much  feeling,  and  of  his  desire  to  re- 
turn and  preach  the  gospel  to  them.     Three 


76  MEMOIR    OF 

days  previous  to  his  death,  he  was  asked  if  he 
loved  to  think  of  portions  of  Scripture,  while 
he  lay  upon  his  bed  ?  He  replied,  "  yes,  but 
prayer  is  my  greatest  comfort — several  texts 
of  Scripture  were  repeated  to  him,  when  he 
added  this,  "  Not  every  one  that  saith  unto  me 
Lord,  Lord,  shall  enter  into  the  kingdom  of 
heaven,  but  he  that  doeth  the  will  of  my  Fa- 
ther which  is  in  heaven."  Do  you  think, 
Charles,  there  is  much  wickedness  in  your 
heart  ?  "  Yes,  a  great  deal."  Does  it  ever 
distress  you  to  find  so  much  there,  that  is  dis- 
pleasing to  God  ?  "  Yes,  very  often."  "What 
do  you  do,  Charles,  when  you  feel  troubled 
about  your  wicked  heart  ?  His  laconic  reply 
was,  "  Prayer  is  the  only  thing."  The  next 
day,  a  few  hours  before  he  became  unconscious, 
he  said,  "  I  think  the  Lord  seems  to  comfort 
me  very  much." 

The  following  is  extracted  from  the  letter 
of  an  affectionate  relative,  who  was  present  at 
the  closing  scene. 

He  arrived  in  New  York,  Monday  even- 
ing, May  14.     Was  apparently  in  fine  health, 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW.  77 

and  seemed  very  happy  in  being  with  his 
relatives  in  America.  He  almost  immediately 
inquired  about  his  grandparents,  and  for  a 
little  cousin  whom  he  expected  to  find  in  New 
York,  and  on  hearing  that  his  grandfather 
Winslow,  and  his  aunt  Hallock's  baby  had 
both  died  since  he  had  heard  from  them,  he 
was  much  affected. 

When  asked  if  he  thought  he  had  given 
his  heart  to  Christ,  his  eyes  glistened  with 
emotion,  as  he  modestly  replied,  "  I  hope  I 
have." 

The  day  after  his  arrival,  he  unpacked  his 
trunks,  exhibited  his  curiosities,  distributed  his 
little  presents,  and  then  replaced  his  clothes, 
&c.  with  perfect  neatness  and  order,  and  the 
care  which  he  took  of  all  his  little  possessions 
was  remarkable  for  a  child  of  11  years. 

He  was  constantly  cheerful  and  happy, 
conversed  of  his  parents  and  sisters  with  much 
tenderness,  frequently  with  tears ;  of  his  plans 
and  prospects  for  the  future  with  uncommon 
judgment,  and  of  the  moral  condition  of  the 
heathen,  with  deep  feeling.  Once  when  con- 
versing on  this  subject  he  said,  "Aunt,  what 


78  MEMOIR    OF 

I  wish  most  of  all  is,  to  be  prepared  to  be  a 
missionary  to  Jaffna. 

May  18,  Saturday.  —  He  visited  Mrs.  Pent, 
and  seemed  in  his  usual  health  and  spirits,  till 
towards  evening,  when  one  of  our  cold,  spring 
storms  commenced.  Chailes  appeared  to  feel 
the  change  in  the  weather,  and  said  he  never 
was  so  cold.  This  was  of  course  attributed  to 
his  having  been  accustomed  to  a  tropical  cli- 
mate, and  a  fire  was  made  on  his  account. 
On  his  return  home,  he  complained  of  head- 
ache, and  wished  to  go  to  rest.  Sabbath 
morning  he  was  rather  inclined  to  sleep,  though 
he  said  his  head  was  better.     He  remained  at 

home  with  his  uncle  H ,  and  slept  much 

during  theday,  but  at  evening  appeared  brighter 
and  conversed  with  his  usual  animation.  Broth- 
er and  sister  Hallock  sat  with  him  two  hours,  talk- 
ing with  him  of  his  own  spiritual  state,  his  plans 
for  future  usefulness,  the  state  of  the  heathen, 
his  parents,  the  mission,  &c,  and  were  much 
gratified  with  what  they  learned  of  his  relig- 
ious feelings,  and  the  evidence  he  gave  of  being 
truly  a  child  of  God. 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW.  79 

On  Monday,  our  physician  found  him 
feverish,  though  he  was  animated  and  cheer- 
ful, so  much  so,  that  a  friend  who  called  to 
see  him  remarked,  he  was  so  pleasant,  she 
could  scarcely  leave  him. 

His  conversation  that  evening  you  have  in 
the  article  which  you  copied  from  the  New 
York  Observer.  He  had  a  restless  night,  and 
early  in  the  morning  I  went  to  his  bed-side, 
when  he  said  very  pleasantly,  ul  think,  aunt, 
the  Lord  seems  to  comfort  me  very  muchP 
Soon  after,  his  mind  seemed  rather  wander- 
ing, and  during  the  forenoon,  he  called  Mrs. 
Hallock  mamma,  and  sometimes  imagined  his 
sisters  to  be  present.  Dr.  Bliss,  who  had  called 
early  in  the  morning,  called  again  and  bled 
him,  which  afforded  some  relief  for  a  time. 

About  2  o'clock,  Rev.  Mr.  Eastman,  (who  had 
been  spending  a  few  days  with  us,  and  who 
was  about  leaving  the  city,)  came  in  to  bid 
him  good-bye,  but  it  was  some  time  before 
Charles  recognized  him.  Rev.  Mr.  Anderson 
called  about  4  o'clock.  Charles  replied  to  his 
questions  in  monosyllables,  but  did  not  appear 
to  understand  what  he  said.     About  8,  dear 


80  MEMOIR    OF 

mother  arrived,  when  we  attempted  to  rouse 
him  and  make  him  understand  who  she  was. 
He  opened  his  e)^es,  but  not  in  consciousness, 
and  was  instantly  in  convulsions,  and  did  not 
speak  afterwards.  He  had  talked  much  of  his 
grandmother,  and  it  was  exceedingly  afflicting 
that  she  should  arrive  only  in  time  to  see  him 
in  such  circumstances. 

Mr.  Anderson,  Mr.  Ludlow,  and  several 
other  friends  called  on  Wednesday,  and  united 
with  us  in  prayer  for  him  and  his  dear  parents ; 
but  the  dear  boy  lay  apparently  unconscious  of 
what  was  passing. 

Three  physicians  visited  him  constantly; 
but  all  that  medical  skill  and  the  watchfulness 
and  attentions  of  friends  could  do,  was  in 
vain.  The  same  fatherly  hand  that  had  pro- 
tected him  on  the  voyage,  and  brought  him  to 
us  in  safety,  was  now  stretched  out  to  take 
him  home,  and  the  ransomed  spirit  could  not 
be  detained  by  his  earthly  friends.  Thursday 
evening,  as  we  were  standing  around  his  bed, 
the  "Dying  Christian''''  was  sung,  after  which 
we  united  in  commending  his  departing  spirit 
into  the  hands    of  his  Redeemer.      During 


CHARLES    L.  WINSLOW.  81 

prayer  he  turned  his  eyes  upward,  and  a 
sweet  smile  stole  over  his  features,  which  gave 
to  his  countenance  an  expression  of  peace  and 
loveliness,  which  is  indescribable.  In  about 
20  minutes,  as  we  were  singing  the  "  Dying 
Christian  "  a  second  time,  he  fell  asleep  in 
Jesus,  at  10  o'clock,  May  24,  aged  11  years  4 
months  and  13  days.  The  circumstances  of 
his  death,  rendered  this  a  peculiarly  interesting 
scene.  We  felt  that  not  only  was  a  promising 
boy  taken  from  his  parents  and  friends,  but  a 
young  missionary  was  called  from  the  ser- 
vice of  the  church  on  earth,  to  a  higher  and 
perfect  service  in  heaven."  C.  H.  L. 

END  OF  LIFE. 

With  what  words  can  we  better  close  this 
little  narrative  of  early  piety  and  bright  prom- 
ise, —  called  so  early  from  the  world,  than 
with  the  beautiful  words  of  the  truly  Christian 
poet,  suggested  by  the  words  of  the  Saviour, 
to  his  wondering  disciples  — "  What  I  do, 
thou  knowest  not  now,  but  thou  shalt  know 
hereafter  ?  " 


82  MEMOIR,    &C. 

Jesus,  we  own  thy  sovereign  hand, 
Thy  faithful  care  we  own  ; 

Wisdom  and  love  are  all  thy  ways, 
When  most  to  us  unknown. 

By  thee  the  springs  of  life  were  formed, 
And  by  thy  breath  are  broke, 

And  good  is  every  awful  word 
Our  gracious  Lord  hath  spoke. 

To  thee  we  yield  our  comforts  up, 

To  thee  our  lives  resign ; 
In  straits  and  dangers  rich  and  safe, 

If  we  and  ours  are  thine. 

Thy  saints  in  earlier  life  removed, 

In  sweeter  accents  sing  ; 
And  bless  the  swiftness  of  their  flight, 

That  bore  them  to  their  King. 

The  burthens  of  a  lengthened  day 
With  patience  we  would  bear. 

Till  evening's  welcome  hour  shall  show 
We  were  our  Master's  care. 


APPENDIX. 


LINES 

ON    THE    DEATH    OF    CHARLES    L.    WINSLOW. 

A  bird  came  o'er  the  ocean, 

From  the  far-off  tropic  isles, 
"Where,  fanned  by  the  palm-tree's  motion, 

Perennial  summer  smiles,  — 
It  had  heard  salvation's  story, 

In  its  own  dear  native  bowers, 
And  sought  for  its  brighter  glory 

In  this  blessed  clime  of  ours. 

It  came  with  wing  of  gladness, 

With  carol  fresh  and  free, 
But  there  breathed  a  dirge  of  sadness, 

Sweet  stranger-bird  !  for  thee. 
For  thee  was  a  welcome  greeting, 

Where  the  pilgrim's  ashes  rest, 
But  thy  heart  had  ceased  its  beating, 

And  the  turf  lay  on  thy  breast. 


84  APPENDIX. 

Thy  dove-like  pinion  soaring 

O'er  the  waves  of  a  world  of  sin, 
Turn'd  to  God's  ark  imploring,  — 

A  pierc'd  hand  drew  it  in  ;  — 
Where  tempest  ne'er  hath  striven, 

Where  discord's  reign  is  o'er, 
Thou  dost  learn  the  song  of  heaven, 

And  wilt  stoop  to  earth  no  more. 

Where  Ceylon's  flowrets  sleeping 

By  spicy  gales  are  stirr'd, 
There  's  the  voice  of  bitter  weeping 

In  the  home  of  that  cherish'd  bird, 
There  are  sister  nurslings  crying 

For  a  brother's  tuneful  tone, 
While  the  citron  groves  are  sighing, 

Responsive  to  their  moan. 

Oh  ye,  who  broken-hearted, 

Pour  forth  the  parent's  tear, 
Who  from  your  loved  land  parted 

For  the  cause  of  a  Saviour  dear, 
Who  toiled  where  error  flourish'd, 

With  a  faith  no  cloud  can  dim, 
Is  it  strange  that  the  bird  ye  nourislid 

Hath  taken  its  flight  to  Him  ?        L.  H.  S. 


BRIEF  NOTICES  OF  THE  GRANDFATHERS  AND  PARENTS 
OF  CHARLES  L.  WINSLOW. 


NATHANIEL  WINSLOW. 

Mr.  Nathaniel  Winslow,  father  of  Rev. 
Miron  Winslow,  Missionary  in  Ceylon,  was  born 
in  Salisbury,  Conn.,  whither  his  father  emigrated 
from  this  part  of  Massachusetts,  and  descended 
from  a  line  of  unbroken  pious  ancestry,  extending 
back  to  the  time  the  pilgrims  landed  in  Ply- 
mouth. At  an  early  age  his  mind  and  heart 
became  possessed  of  the  principles  of  evangelical 
religion,  as  embraced  by  his  ancestors,  and  in- 
culcated in  the  instructions,  prayers  and  example 
of  a  devotedly  pious  father.  He  made  early 
profession  of  his  Christian  faith,  the  fruits  of 
which  were  evinced  in  a  subsequent  Christian 
character,  eminently  pure,  uniform  and  consis- 
tent. The  sanctification  of  the  Sabbath  com- 
mencing with  the  shades  of  Saturday  evening, 
daily  morning  and  evening  family  devotions,  and 
family  religious  instruction,  public  and  social 
8 


86  APPENDIX. 

religious  worship,  and  all  other  institutions  and 
duties  of  Christianity,  were  ever  observed  and 
enjoined  by  him  with  the  same  uniform  and  con- 
scientious fidelity  which  characterized  the  piety 
of  the  pilgrim  fathers. 

The  latter  part  of  his  life  was  principally  de- 
voted to  agricultural  pursuits.  A  considerable 
part  of  his  earlier  life  was  devoted  to  teaching, 
and  many  of  his  pupils  are  still  living,  in  various 
parts  of  the  country,  who  cherish  a  grateful  re- 
membrance of  his  faithful  and  affectionate  in- 
structions. In  his  own  family,  his  "  doctrine 
dropped  as  the  rain,  and  his  speech  distilled  as 
the  dew."  Possessing  a  delicate  and  uniform 
constitution,  and  a  retiring  and  domestic  disposi- 
tion, he  was  seldom  from  home,  except  when  ne- 
cessity demanded,  but  devoted  his  leisure  time  to 
reading,  and  to  the  intellectual  and  religious  in- 
struction of  his  children.  Both  by  his  precept 
and  example  he  inculcated,  in  an  eminent  degree, 
the  great  Christian  sentiment,  that  an  idolatrous 
love  of  the  world  is  exceedingly  base  as  well  as 
sinful,  infinitely  beneath  the  proper  dignity  of  a 
rational  and  immor  al  soul  on  its  way  to  God. 
It  is  questionable  whether  he  was  ever  known  to 
express  in  any  way  to  his  children  a  desire  that 
they  should  become  possessed  of  wealth  and 
worldly  distinction ;  but  thousands  of  times  has 


APPENDIX.  87 

he  earnestly  prayed  with  them  and  for  them,  that 
they  might  be  saved  from  those  snares,  and  give 
their  undivided  hearts  to  the  great  concerns  of 
the  soul,  religion,  eternity.  "  On  a  certain  occa- 
sion," said  his  pastor  in  his  funeral  sermon,  "  a 
child  of  his  overheard  a  voice  of  prayer  in  a  place 
of  retirement,  and  on  listening,  perceived  it  to  be 
the  voice  of  his  father  praying  for  him.  On  hear- 
ing a  father's  prayer  offered  in  secret  for  him,  that 
the  Holy  Spirit  might  renew  his  heart,  make  him 
willing  to  renounce  the  world,  and  become  an 
instrument  of  promoting  the  Redeemer's  kingdom 
in  the  salvation  of  men,  he  became  immediately 
serious,  found  no  peace  till  he  believed  in  Christ, 
and  is  now  a  minister  of  the  gospel."* 

He  cherished  a  very  deep  interest  in  all  the  re- 
ligious societies  and  enterprises  of  the  day,  which 
are  preparing  the  way  for  the  millennial  glory, 
and  according  to  his  ability,  and  often  even  be- 
yond his  ability,  as  most  Christians  would  judge, 
contributed  to  their  support.  Disappointments, 
loss  of  property,  bodily  infirmity,  and  severe  sick- 
ness, of  which  an  uncommon  share  fell  to  his  lot, 
never  seemed  to  disturb  the  Christian  serenity  of 
his    soul.     He    practically    regarded    them    as 


*  All  his  three  sons  are  in  the  ministry,  and  his  four  daughters 
are  members  of  a  Christian  church. 


88  APPENDIX. 

"  light  afflictions,  which  are  but  for  a  moment." 
A  few  weeks  previous  to  his  death,  a  cloud 
seemed  to  settle  on  his  mind,  and  for  a  season 
he  nearly  relinquished  his  Christian  hope.  It 
was  occasioned  by  a  zealous  inspection  of  his 
past  "  unfaithfulness,"  as  he  expressed  it,  "  in  a 
near  prospect  of  eternity."  But  the  cloud  passed 
away ;  light  from  heaven  again  shone ;  he  beheld 
a  forgiving  and  smiling  God  in  the  face  of  Jesus 
Christ;  and  having  commended  himself,  his 
family,  his  distant  children,  and  all  the  dear  in- 
terests of  the  Redeemer's  kingdom  in  the  world 
to  God,  still  sitting  erect  in  his  chair,  he  folded 
his  hands,  closed  his  eyes,  and  with  a  gradually 
retiring  breath,  ceased  from  time  without  a  groan 
or  struggle,  and  entered  upon  the  everlasting  rest 
which  remains  to  the  children  of  God.  Mr.  W. 
died  in  Williston,  Vt.,  April  30,  1832,  aged  70. 


CHARLES  LATHROP,  Esq. 
u  The  end  of  that  man  is  peace" 

Charles  Lathrop,  Esq.,  having  received  a 
public  education,  and  entered  on  the  profession 
of  Law,  was  brought  soon  after  cordially  to  em- 
brace the  gospel  of  Christ.  He  was  long  a 
spiritual  guide  and  example  to  his  own  house- 


APPENDIX.  89 

hold,  and  a  pillar  in  the  church ;  the  supporter 
of  her  institutions,  her  social  meetings  for  prayer, 
her  Sabbath  Schools,  Missions,  and  other  benev- 
olent operations.  At  length  he  was  seized  with 
a  gradual  decline,  and  near  the  close  of  his  61st 
year  it  became  apparent  that  his  end  was  at  hand. 

His  faith  had  been  tried  by  following  to  the 
grave  his  first-born  son,  in  the  prime  of  life,  just 
as  he  was  completing  his  college  course,  prepar- 
atory to  the  Gospel  Ministry ;  and  by  soon  after 
committing  his  eldest  daughter  to  the  ship  that 
bore  her  from  his  sight  forever,  as  a  missionary 
to  the  distant  heathen :  he  knew  not  how  they 
would  be  provided  for,  whom  he  was  about  to 
leave  a  widow  and  fatherless ;  he  saw  his  own 
great  change  approaching,  and  had  no  hope  but 
in  the  mercy  of  God  —  yet  a  heavenly  calm 
pervaded  his  mind,  and  he  submissively  awaited 
his  Father's  will. 

While  he  felt  the  necessity  of  being  himself 
prepared  for  the  summons,  whenever  it  might 
come,  he  was  almost  equally  solicitous  to  prepare 
the  minds  of  his  family  for  the  event.  He  cheered 
and  comforted  them  by  conversing  with  them 
familiarly  on  the  subject  of  his  departure  ;  coun- 
selled them  in  respect  to  their  worldly  concerns ; 
desired  them  not  to  incur  expense  for  mourning 
*8 


90  APPENDIX. 

apparel,  nor  for  anything  unnecessary  to  his  de- 
cent burial ;  and  arranged  all  his  business  as  he 
desired  to  leave  it. 

He  had  lived  to  witness  two  events,  in  relation 
to  each  of  which  he  felt  constrained  to  adopt  the 
words  of  Simeon,  "  Lord,  now  lettest  thou  thy 
servant  depart  in  peace ;  for  mine  eyes  have  seen 
thy  salvation."  The  first  was  the  saving  con- 
version, as  he  trusted,  of  all  his  seven  surviving 
children,  and  their  union  with  the  church ;  the 
other  a  revival  of  religion,  after  a  long  season  of 
spiritual  declension,  over  which  he  had  not  ceased 
to  mourn,  in  which  seventy  were  added  to  the 
church  with  which  he  was  connected,  embracing 
sixteen  teachers  and  six  pupils  from  his  beloved 
Sabbath  School. 

He  often  alluded  to  the  former  blessing  as 
probably  in  answer  to  the  prayers  of  missionary 
and  other  Christian  friends,  whom  the  giving  up 
of  his  daughter  for  the  heathen  had  brought 
frequently  under  his  roof.  Among  these  friends 
was  the  Rev.  Pliny  Fisk,  late  Missionary  to 
Palestine,  whose  visit  was  made  soon  after  his 
daughter's  departure.  He  had  preached  on  the 
Sabbath  and  attended  a  crowded  religious  meet- 
ing at  Mr.  L.'s,  both  on  Sabbath  and  on  Monday 
evenings.  Their  interview  had  been  eminently 
spiritual  and  full  of  desire  for  the  conversion  of 


APPENDIX.  91 

the  heathen,  and  the  honor  of  Christ.  On  the 
following-  morning,  after  family  worship,  a  little 
family  religious  meeting  was  held,  as  they  were 
about  to  separate.  Mr.  Fisk,  in  prayer,  seemed 
to  plead  with  strong  faith  for  spiritual  blessings 
on  the  family ;  and  as  he  bade  them  farewell, 
taking  Mr.  L.  by  the  hand,  he  said,  "  The  Lord 
bless  you,"  and  then,  with  a  renewed  and  ardent 
grasp,  added,  as  if  with  much  assurance,  "  He 
will  bless  you  —  yes,  he  will  bless  you."  The 
words  sunk  into  the  heart  of  Mr.  L.,  and  when, 
near  ten  years  after,  he  had  evidence  of  the  con- 
version of  all  his  children  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  he 
would  relate  the  anecdote  to  Christian  friends, 
and  add,  with  eyes  filled  with  tears,  and  words 
struggling  for  utterance,  "  Yes,  and  he  has 
blessed  us.     We  all  hope  in  his  mercy." 

To  a  daughter  who  looked  anxiously  upon  him, 
during  a  distressing  season,  when  his  difficulty 
of  respiration  threatened  an  immediate  departure, 
he  said,  "  Do  not  look  sad.  I  trust  you  have  no 
occasion  to  sorrow  on  my  account.  I  am  sorry 
to  leave  you  so  ;  but  I  am  comforted  that  I  leave 
you  all  with  such  a  hope.  This  is  a  source  of 
unspeakable  consolation  to  me." 

At  the  close  of  this  day  his  aged  pastor  ex- 
pressed to  him  the  support  he  had  derived  from 
his  persevering  efforts,  especially  in  the  Sabbath 


92  APPENDIX. 

School,  and  in  sustaining  their  prayer-meetings 
when  the  state  of  religion  was  low.  -  Mr.  L.,  with 
his  usual  diffidence,  expressed  the  fear  that  he 
had  done  very  little  good,  and  added,  as  he  often 
did  on  such  occasions,  that  if  any  good  had  been 
done,  it  was  not  himself  but  solely  of  the  power 
and  mercy  of  God. 

Soon  after  he  said,  "  I  have  no  hope  from 
anything  1  have  done,  or  can  do ;  all  my  hope  is 
in  Christ." 

On  another  occasion  he  said,  "  I  have  not 
those  great  spiritual  joys  which  some  have :  but 
I  have  a  comfortable  hope.  I  am  one  of  those 
who  believe  that  there  is  no  man  that  liveth  and 
sinneth  not  —  that  in  all  things  we  come  short, 
and  in  most  things  offend  altogether ;  and  that  it 
is  only  through  the  righteousness  of  Christ  we 
can  find  any  acceptance  with  God." 

More  than  once,  when  speaking  in  his  family 
of  the  progress  of  his  disease,  he  was  heard  to 
subjoin,  "  But  why  should  a  living  man  com- 
plain :  a  man  for  the  punishment  of  his  sins?" 

Being  asked  what  message  he  would  send  to 
his  daughter  in  India,  he  said,  "  Tell  her  the 
time  of  my  departure  is  very  near.  Tell  her  I 
die  with  a  comfortable  hope  —  hoping  to  meet 
her  before  long,  where  there  is  no  more  parting 
and  sorrow :  I  hope  to  meet  you  all  there." 


APPENDIX.  93 

Soon  after,  his  little  grandson  said  to  him, 
"  Grandpa,  Aunt  is  crying."  "  Aunt  must  not 
cry,"  he  replied,  "  she  must  be  satisfied  that  what 
God  does  is  best." 

Speaking  of  not  resting  so  well  for  several 
nights  as  he  had  previously,  he  said,  "Weari- 
some nights  are  appointed  unto  me ;  but  the 
Lord  doelh  all  things  well,  and  in  infinite  loving 
kindness  to  those  that  put  their  trust  in  him." 

His  last  conversation,  a  few  moments  before 
his  death,  wa£  with  his  minister,  who,  having 
led  in  prayer  for  divine  support  in  the  hour  of 
trial,  said  to  him,  "  I  suppose  it  does  not  alarm 
you  to  have  the  subject  of  death  mentioned.' ' 
"  O  no,  Sir,"  he  replied,  "  not  at  all."  "  What 
a  blessed  thing  it  will  be,"  added  his  minister, 
"  if  any  of  us  ever  get  to  heaven."  "  Yes,"  said 
Mr.  L.,  "  it  will  be  blessed,  with  respect  to  the 
change  which  will  be  wrought  in  us,  and  with 
respect  to  the  society  and  employments  of  heaven. 
1  Eye  hath  not  seen,  nor  ear  heard,  neither  have 
entered  into  the  heart  of  man,  the  things  which 
God  has  prepared  for  them  that  love  him ;'  "  and 
added,  "  The  blessedness  and  glories  of  heaven  are 
such  as  we  can  can  form  no  conception  of  here." 

He  soon  peacefully  closed  his  eyes,    (Jan.    17, 
1831,)  and  entered  into  those  joys,  which  his 


94  APPENDIX. 

tongue  had  just  been  laboring  in  weakness  to 
describe. 


MIRON  WINSLOW. 

From  the  "  Memoirs  of  American  Missionaries." 
Miron  Winslow  was  born  in  Williston,  near 
Burlington,  Vt.,  in  December,  1789.  His  parents, 
both  of  whom  are  now  dead,  were  Nathaniel 
and  Anna  Winslow,  the  former  a  native  of  Sal- 
isbury, Conn.,  and  the  latter  of  Sheffield,  Mass. 
His  mother  was  a  daughter  of  Josiah  Kellogg, 
Esq.,  of  Sheffield,  Mass.  Both  of  his  parents 
were  pious,  and  they  consecrated  him  to  God  in 
baptism.  He  was  a  subject  of  serious  impres- 
sions from  his  childhood.  He  was  educated  for 
a  merchant,  and  at  the  age  of  fourteen  entered  a 
store  as  clerk,  in  which  he  continued  till  twenty- 
one,  when  he  entered  into  business  for  himself, 
in  Norwich,  Conn.,  in  which  he  continued  suc- 
cessfully two  years.  During  the  latter  part  of 
the  first  year,  his  mind  became  increasingly 
serious ;  and  at  length  he  was  brought  to  rejoice 
in  the  liberty  of  Christ.  From  thai  time  he  felt 
a  strong  desire  to  preach  the  gospel,  and  to 
preach  it  to  the  gentile  nations  sitting  in  dark- 


APPENDIX.  95 

ness.  In  his  very  first  letter  to  his  parents  an- 
nouncing; his  conversion,  he  expressed  a  desire, 
and  a  strong  conviction  of  duty,  to  renounce  his 
worldly  prospects,  and  give  himself  to  the  hea- 
then in  the  service  of  Jesus  Christ. ;  saying,  that 
although  his  worldly  prospects  were  good,  he 
counted  it  no  sacrifice  to  relinquish  them  for 
Christ ;  and  that  as  the  heathen  nations  were 
without  light,  and  none  seemed  to  care  for  them, 
he  felt  it  to  be  his  duty  to  devote  himself  to  them. 
As  his  previous  education  had  been  thorough,  and 
his  reading  extensive,  after  studying  a  year  and 
a  half,  he  was  qualified  to  enter  college  two  years 
in  advance.  He  commenced  his  preparation  for 
college  while  yet  pursuing  his  mercantile  busi- 
ness ;  nor  was  he  able  to  bring  it  to  an  entire 
close,  till  he  was  nearly  or  quite  through  college. 
He  entered  Middlebury  College  in  1813,  and  was 
graduated  in  1815.  He  also  subsequently  spent 
some  time  in  New  Haven,  and  took  a  Master's 
degree  at  Yale  College,  in  1818.  In  January, 
1816,  he  entered  the  Theological  Seminary  at 
Andover,  and  completed  the  course  at  that  Insti- 
tution in  the  autumn  of  1818.  He  employed  the 
last  vacation  of  his  junior  year,  and  the  two  va- 
cations of  his  senior  year,  in  travelling  as  an 
agent  to  collect  funds  for  Foreign  Missions.     In 


96  APPENDIX. 

these  periods  he  travelled  through  most  of  New 
England,  and  was  very  successful.  He  also 
wrote  his  History  of  Missions  in  his  senior  year, 
and  the  subsequent  Autumn.  On  the  4th  of 
November,  1818,  he  was  ordained  as  a  Mission- 
ary, in  the  Tabernacle  Church,  in  Salem,  Mass., 
together  with  Messrs.  Fisk,  Spaulding,  and 
Woodward.  The  sermon  was  preached  by  Pro- 
fessor Stuart  of  Andover.  He  married  Miss 
Harriet  Lathrop  of  Norwich,  Conn.,  eldest 
daughter  of  Charles  Lathrop,  Esq.,  since  deceas- 
ed. On  the  8th  of  June,  1819,  he  embarked  at 
Boston  for  Calcutta,  in  company  with  Messrs. 
Spaulding,  Woodward,  and  Scudder,  and  their 
wives.  Thej7  arrived  at  Calcutta  after  a  voyage 
of  about  five  months ;  and  thence  embarked  for 
Ceylon,  where  they  have  since  labored. 

Mr.  Winslow's  station  has  been  at  Oodooville, 
where  he  has  diligently  labored  for  the  education 
of  the  natives.  That  the  exertions  of  our  Mis- 
sionaries in  Ceylon  have  not  been  altogether  in 
vain,  is  shown  by  the  fact,  that  there  are  now 
836  scholars  in  the  different  schools  of  this  sta- 
tion, 678  males,  and  158  females;  and  49  native 
members  of  the  Mission  church.  The  congre- 
gation on  Sabbath  mornings,  is  from  four  to  five 
hundred,  and  fills  the  church.     From  seventy  to 


API'EiNDJX.  97 

eighty  are  adults,  and  from  twenty  to  twenty-five 
are  women.  The  afternoon  congregation,  consists 
of  the  female  and  English  schools,  and  from 
twenty  to  thirty  adults. 


MRS.   HARRIET   L.   WINSLOW. 

From  the  JV.  Y.  Observer. 

The  Oriental  Christian  Spectator  for  March 
contains  an  obituary  notice  of  Mrs.  Winslow, 
from  which  we  copy  the  following : 

Died  on  the  14th  of  January,  at  Jaffna,  Ceylon, 
Mrs.  Harriet  Lathrop,  wife  of  the  Rev.  Miron 
Wmslow,  of  the  American  Mission.  Mrs.  W. 
was  the  eldest  daughter  of  the  late  Charles 
Lathrop,  Esq.  of  Norwich,  Conn.,  where  she  was 
born  April  9,  1796.  At  a  time  of  general  relig- 
ious declension  in  her  native  place,  and  when 
few  young  persons  in  the  vicinity  paid  any 
serious  regard  to  the  concerns  of  their  souls,  Miss 
L.  solemnly  devoted  herself  to  the  service  of 
God;  and  at  the  age  of  12  years  was  received 
to  the  visible  church.  She  was  early  actuated 
by  a  strong  desire  for  usefulness,  and  originated 
a  Sunday  School  in  her  native  town,  when  such 
an  institution  was  scarcely  known,  in  that  part 
9 


98  APPENDIX. 

of  the  country.  This  school,  though  much  op- 
posed, gradually  flourished,  and  Miss  L.  superin- 
tended it  until  she  finally  left  home.  She  also 
formed  and  taught  a  Bible  class,  for  adult  people 
of  color,  some  of  whom,  under  her  instruction, 
became  hopefully  pious.  A  sewing  Society,  for 
the  benefit  of  widows,  was  likewise  formed,  and 
kept  in  most  useful  operation  ;  principally  by  her 
exertions.  Day  after  day,  and  week  after  week, 
sometimes  in  very  inclement  weather,  was  she 
employed  in  visits  of  charity  to  the  poor,  in  their 
own  houses,  or  in  going  to  the  public  Alms-house 
to  instruct  those  of  her  own  sex  there.  In  the 
general  distribution  of  religious  tracts,  she  also 
took  an  early  and  active  part.  Her  compassion 
had  often  been  excited  for  the  Heathen,  "  having 
no  hope  and  without  God  in  the  world,"  and  she 
had  done  what  she  could  for  the  cause  of  mis- 
sions ;  but  it  was  not  until  after  her  acquaintance 
with  her  subsequent  husband  that  she  considered 
the  question  of  her  personal  duty  to  them.  Al- 
most simultaneously  with  him,  —  though  he  was 
then  pursuing  his  theological  studies  in  the  Semi- 
nary at  Andover  —  she  examined  this  question, 
and  came  to  a  result  most  satisfactory  to  her 
own  mind,  but  most  trying  to  many  of  her  family 
friends,  to  whom  she  was  greatly  endeared,  and 


APPENDIX.  99 

who  could  with  difficulty  entertain  the  thought 
of  thus  parting  with  her.  Her  parents,  however, 
at  length  gave  her  up  cheerfully,  and  a  little 
more  than  two  years  after  this  decision,  she  was 
married  to  Mr.  W.,  and  in  June,  1819,  with  him 
and  other  beloved  associates  in  the  mission,  left 
her  native  land  for  Ceylon.  In  this  distant  spot 
she  was  permitted,  though  often  in  ill  health,  to 
labor  zealously  and  usefully  thirteen  years,  and 
at  length  to  lay  down  her  life  among  those  to 
whose  care  she  had  devoted  herself.  As,  for 
several  years,  she  had  the  charge  of  the  Female 
Charity  Boarding  School,  she  had  the  pleasure 
of  doing  much  for  the  benefit  of  her  own  sex,  and 
to  see  most  pleasing  fruits  of  her  exertions.  Many 
from  among  them  will  hereafter  "  rise  up  and 
call  her  blessed." 

The  following  extract  of  a  letter  from  the  mis- 
sion, will  serve  to  show  in  what  estimation  Mrs. 
W.  was  held  by  her  associates :  and  close  this 
brief  notice  of  departed  worth. 

"Our  dear  sister  Winslow  has  been  called  sud- 
denly, but  to  herself  at  least  not  unexpectedly,  to 
put  off  this  mortal,  and  put  on  immortality.  She 
was,  we  believe,  ready  and  waiting.  In  anticipa- 
tion of  her  confinement,  concerning  the  result  cf 
which  she  had,  for   no   apparent   reason,   been 


100  APPENDIX. 

uncommonly  doubtful,  she  had  most  literally 
'  set  her  house  in  order,'  much  as  she  would 
have  done  had  she  known  that  death  was  thus 
near,  and  that  on  its  approach  she  should  be,  as 
she  was,  wholly  insensible,  and  unable  so  much 
as  to  give  any  one  a  last  farewell.  All  the  con- 
cerns of  the  Boarding  School  as  well  as  the 
affairs  of  her  household,  and  of  the  station,  as 
far  as  under  her  management,  were  arranged  in 
the  most  careful  manner,  and  written  directions 
left  concerning  them,  as  well  as  concerning  her 
children,  with  a  farewell  to  her  husband.  Nor 
was  her  soul  neglected.  She  had  laid  up  fresh 
provision  for  passing  over  Jordan.  For  several 
years,  more  particularly  from  the  time  of  her  long 
illness  in  1825,  which  occasioned  a  voyage  to 
Calcutta,  and  the  fruit  in  part  no  doubt  of  that 
illness,  and  of  successive  bereavements  of  much 
loved  children,  she  had  evidently  been  ripening 
for  heaven.  Her  last  trial,  in  the  death  of  her 
first-born  and  only  son,  soon  after  his  arrival  in 
America,  of  which  intelligence  was  received  a 
little  more  than  three  months  before  her  decease, 
appeared  in  a  very  special  manner  to  be  sancti- 
fied to  her  good.  This  affliction,  by  weaning 
her  more  from  the  world  —  by  making  the  Bible 
and  a  throne  of  grace  more  precious  —  by  caus- 


APPENDIX.  101 

ing  her  to  look  to  the  compassionate  Saviour  with 
more  steady  faith,  and  to  appropriate  to  herself 
more  than  ever  before  the  precious  promises  of 
his  word,  so  changed  the  current  of  her  religious 
feelings,  and  so  carried  them  upwards,  that  she 
often  thought  and  spoke  of  them  as  almost  en- 
tirely new,  as  though  she  had  just  begun  to 
understand  what  is  meant  by  being  united  to 
Christ,  "  even  as  the  branch  is  united  to  the  vine." 
She  was  at  this  time  much  occupied  in  reading 
the  Memoirs  of  Isabella  Campbell,  and  Mrs. 
Graham,  and  comparing  their  experience  with 
the  Scriptures :  and  the  result  was  that  the  "life 
of  faith,"  as  exhibited  by  these  favored  disciples 
of  the  Spirit,  is  the  substance  of  Christianity.' 
Their  views  of  the  Saviour  became  in  a  good 
degree  her  own,  and  she  grew  '  strong  in  faith, 
giving  glory  to  God.' 

"  On  Saturday  evening,  the  12th  of  January, 
she  recorded  at  some  length,  in  her  private  diary, 
her  sense  of  the  goodness  of  God  in  her  late 
affliction  —  her  thankfulness  for  the  fruits  of  it 
—  and  her  last  petition  for  herself,  and  her  be- 
loved husband  and  her  children,  committing  all 
cheerfully  to  the  Lord.  She  was  interrupted, 
and  did  not  finish  her  requests  for  the  school,  the 
station,  and  the  brethren  and  the  sisters  of  the 
*9 


102  APPENDIX. 

mission,  as  from  other  circumstances,  it  is  evi- 
dent, were  in  her  heart :  but  she  showed  in  all  a 
most  pleasing  preparation  for  her  departure ;  and 
that  her  affections  were  more  in  heaven  than  on 
earth. 

"  On  Sabbath  noon,  after  having  attended 
church,  she  renewed  a  written  dedication  of 
herself  to  the  Lord,  made  when  she  was  about 
eleven  years  old ;  and  often  afterwards  repeated. 
This  was  her  last  record.  Before  the  afternoon 
service  in  the  church,  which,  though  somewhat 
ill,  she  also  attended ;  she  listened  with  much 
interest  to  part  of  a  sermon  on  the  means  of 
growth  in  grace,  by  Dr.  Alexander,  in  the  Na- 
tional Preacher,  and  was  particularly  pleased 
with  his  description  of  the  Christian  in  the  last 
stage  of  his  progress,  when,  much  employed  in 
heavenly  meditation,  he  is  waiting  in  peace  '  till 
his  change  come.' 

"  At  evening  she  was  at  family  prayers,  as 
usual,  and  appeared  to  enjoy  the  reading  of  the 
46th  Psalm,  and  the  remarks  made  upon  it  in  ref- 
erence to  the  safety  of  Christians  in  this  time  of 
calamity —  when,  from  the  prevalence  of  cholera,, 
death  is  on  every  side,  —  and  after  prayers  heard 
the  Scripture  lessons,  and  directed  the  devotions 
of  her  little  children.     About  9  o'clock,  she  com- 


APPENDIX.  103 

plained  of  some  uneasy  and  uncommqn  sensa- 
tions in  her  breast,  which  led  to  the  use  of  an 
anodyne.  This  quieted  her  for  a  time,  but  the 
distress  returning*,  and  it  being  probable  she 
would  be  confined  before  many  hours,  Dr  Scud- 
der  and  Mrs.  Spaulding  were  sent  for.  Both 
came  before  2  o'clock  :  and  Dr.  S.  immediately 
bled  her.  This,  with  vomiting  soon  after,  seemed 
to  give  entire  relief.  She  then  took  a  cup  of 
coffee,  said  she  felt  quite  at  ease,  and  very  thank- 
ful ;  and  insisting  on  those  who  were  with  her 
going  to  rest,  she  bade  her  husband  also  good 
night,  and  fell  quietly  asleep.  This  was  prob- 
ably the  last  she  knew  on  earth.  After  a  short 
time  Mrs.  S.,  who  was  with  her,  noticed  a  pecu- 
liarity in  her  breathing,  and  attempted  to  wake 
filer,  but  could  not  succeed.  She  then  called 
Dr.  S.  and  Mr.  W.,  but  as  there  appeared  to  be 
nothing  alarming,  as  her  sleep  was  quiet  and 
pulse  regular,  they  again  left  the  room,  to  be 
.soon  called  back,  however,  to  witness  some  slight 
convulsive  motions  of  the  eyes  and  face.  These 
were  followed,  after  a  little  time,  by  a  severe  fit. 
Every  exertion  was  then  made  by  Dr.  S.  to 
prevent  its  recurrence,  but  in  vain  ;  and  after  a 
forced  labor,  to  which  the  patient  was  wholly 
insensible,  her  breath  grew  shorter  and  shorter, 


104  APPENDIX. 

and  a  little  before  6  o'clock  on  Monday  morning-, 
the  14th  inst.,  without  a  struggle,  or  a  groan, 
with  her  eyes  closed,  she  ceased  to  breathe. 

"  The  funeral  was  attended  the  evening  of  the 
same  day  by  all  our  number,  and  by  our  mission- 
ary friends  in  Jaffna.  The  mother  and  babe 
were  inclosed  in  the  same  coffin,  and  buried  in 
the  Oodooville  church  ;  amidst  the  tears  not  only 
of  the  immediate  mourners,  but  of  the  bereaved 
children  of  the  School  —  the  native  members  of 
our  churches  —  and  of  many  people  around,  who 
could  not  but  feel  their  loss. 

"  The  following  week  on  Thursday,  being  the 
time  of  our  quarterly  Communion  at  Oodooville, 
a  funeral  sermon  was  preached  by  Mr.  Poor  from 
the  text ;  '  And  his  disciples  came,  and  took  up 
the  body  and  buried  it  and  went  and  told  Jesus;' 
in  which  he  described  the  deceased  as  like  John, 
'a  burning  and  a  shining  light.'  This  descrip- 
tion, though  it  made  us  weep  the  more  for  our 
loss,  and  for  the  loss  of  the  natives  around  us, 
caused  us  also  to  rejoice  for  the  grace  conferred 
on  our  departed  sister,  while  here  below,  and  for 
our  assurance  of  her  now  enjoying  the  unveiled 
piesence  and  glory  of  her  Saviour,  in  the  'bright 
world  above.'  " 


APPENDIX.  105 

An  extract  of  a  letter  from  the  bereaved  hus- 
band, which  was  published  in  the  Missionary 
Herald  for  September  1833,  is  here  added,  to  con- 
clude the  Obituary. 

"  She  was  much  occupied  on  Saturday,  and 
in  the  evening  of  that  day,  in  doing  some  writ- 
ing for  the  mission,  (for  she  was  always  my 
copyist,)  and  in  the  care  of  the  children ;  yet  as 
it  was  the  birth-day  of  our  departed  Charles,  she 
found  time  to  express  at  some  length,  in  her  pri- 
vate diary,  her  feelings  in  reference  to  the  sore 
affliction  experienced  in  his  death,  which  had 
evidently  been  greatly  sanctified  to  her  soul. 
After  speaking  of  the  trial,  as  a  '  merciful  afflic- 
tion,' expressing  a  wish  to  say  more  than  she 
had  done  of  what  she  hoped  it  had  wrought  in 
her,  she  says,  among  other  things,  — '  Sure  I  am 
that  I  never  before  saw  the  Saviour  so  lovely,  so 
desirable ;  never  considered,  as  now,  the  length, 
and  breadth,  and  height  and  depth  of  that  love 
which  passeth  knowledge — the  value  of  that  foun- 
tain, which  is  set  open  for  sin  and  uncleanness — 
never  saw  the  whole  glorious  plan  of  salvation, 
so  perfect,  so  wonderful  —  never  with  such  feel- 
ings could  say,  '  My  Lord  and  my  God.'  And 
while  this  view  of  the  subject  has  seemed  great- 
ly to  endear  the  fond  object  whose  removal  has 


106  APPENDIX. 

been  the  means,  I  have  been  thankful  that  the 
Lord  did  not  wholly  forsake  me  —  did  not  leave' 
me  to  '  compass  myself  about  with  sparks  of  my 
own  kindling'  —  to  strive  to  work  out  my  own 
righteousness,  by  tears  and  groans  for  sin.  Oh  ! 
I  bless  him  for  his  chastisement,  and  long  that  it 
should  bring  forth  more  fruit.  Sometimes  heaven 
has  seemed  very  near,  and  as  though  it  would  be 
easy  to  die.  *  *  *  Should  I  be  called  from  my  lit- 
tle family  this  night,  from  my  dear  husband,  oh, 
my  Saviour,  let  me  rest  in  thine  arms.  Carry  me 
all  the  Jordan  through.  Be  with  me,  even  as  I 
cannot  ask  or  think.  Sustain  my  sinking  feet.. 
Tear  every  veil  from  these  blind  eyes.  Let  me 
not  deceive  myself.  Be  thou  my  Saviour,  in  that 
dark  hour ;  and  do  thou  most  graciously  bless  my 
dear,  dear  husband.  Uphold  him  with  thine 
everlasting  arms,  let  thy  right  hand  be  under  his 
head,  and  thy  left  hand  sustain  him.  *  #  *  My 
dear  babes !  May  they,  be  thine  —  thine  only, 
and  forever.' 

"  I  could  quote  more  from  what  this  beloved 
follower  of  tbe  Lamb  wrote  only  a  few  hours  be- 
forshe  was  taken  ill,  but  space  does  not  permit. 
Though  unable  after  her  illness  commenced,  to 
express  to  us  her  feelings,  she  left  them  on  record 
down  to  the  end  of  her  being1  able  to  write.     She 


APPENDIX.  107 

had  for  three  or  four  months  been  much  occupied 
in  heavenly  meditation,  and  had  somewhat  new 
views  of  the  Saviour  as  her  Saviour,  by  something 
like  an  appropriating  faith.  The  Bible  had  not 
only  become  increasingly  dear  to  her,  but  in- 
creasingly plain  and  appropriate,  and  her  reli- 
gious joys  abounded  as  she  grew  in  grace. 

"  She  wTas  fully  prepared  to  die.  Her  house 
was  set  in  order.  Her  lamp  was  trimmed  and 
burning ;  and  she  was  ready  to  meet  the  bride- 
groom. It  was  in  some  respects  a  great  mercy 
that  she  was  removed  from  earth  so  suddenly; 
for  the  pains  of  dying  had  often  terrified  her,  and 
fear  had  kept  her  in  bondage.  The  messenger 
came  gently  to  her,  for  the  last  she  knew  was, 
when,  speaking  to  me,  she  said  she  felt  no  pain, 
but  entirely  at  ease  ;  and  bidding  me  good  night, 
wished  me  to  lie  down  on  a  couch.  She  then 
fell  asleep,  and  awaked  no  more  to  any  con- 
sciousness of  what  was  passing  around  her ;  but 
awaked,  I  doubt  not,  to  behold  the  'full  glories  of 
the  Lamb.' " 


103  APPENDIX. 


MISSIONARY  HYMN. 

From  Greenland's  icy  mountains, 

From  India's  coral  strand, 
Where  Afric's  sunny  fountains 

Boll  down  their  golden  sand ; 
From  many  an  ancient  river, 

From  many  a  palmy  plain, 
They  call  us  to  deliver 

Their  land  from  error's  chain. 

What  though  the  spicy  breezes 

Blow  soft  o'er  Cey.on's  isle, 
Though  every  prospect  pleases, 

And  only  man  is  vile  : 
In  vain  with  lavish  kindness 

The  gifts  of  God  are  strown, 
The  heathen,  in  his  blindness. 

Bows  down  to  wood  and  stone. 

Can  we,  whose  souls  are  lighted 

With  wisdom  from  on  high, 
Can  we  to  men  benighted 

The  lamp  of  life  deny  ? 
Salvation,  O  salvation  ! 

The  joyful  sound  proclaim, 
Till  each  remotest  nation 

Has  learned  Messiah's  name. 

Waft,  waft,  ye  winds,  his  story > 

And  you,  ye  waters,  roll, 
Till,  like  a  sea  of  glory, 

It  spreads  from  pole  to  pole  ; 
Till  o'er  our  ransomed  nature, 

The  Lamb  for  sinners  slain, 
Redeemer,  King,  Creator, 

In  bliss  returns  to  reign. 


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